duochrome noun 6adjective 2adverb 1forms 1 noun6 •An image composed of varying shades (grayscale) of two colors.Where a color original such as a transparency, color print, or color artwork is furnished, additional impact and interest can be obtained with the duochrome. — 1967 •A piece of pottery decorated in two colors.Jugs 9-10 and 15 are obviously the last vestiges of earlier duochrome ware. — 1931 •A color scheme consisting of only two hues.All was immaculately in keeping, a duochrome of terracotta and brick, with niches for Elizabeth II matching those of her great-great grandparents, Victoria and Albert, on the North Porch. — 2010 •Fabric that shifts between two colors, depending on the angle of light, also, by extension, something made with such fabric.So she'd worn one of her own creations, a duochrome that shifted from turquoise to a rich blue depending on how the light hit it. — 2016 •The duochrome test, a test used by opticians to refine the correction of refractive error, in which the subject is asked to compare images presented with red and green backgrounds.When using the duochrome, there may not be an exact endpoint because the chances of the spectacle refraction falling into a 0.25 DS endpoint are fairly remote. — 2007 •A fluorochrome that shows up in either of two colors, depending on the type of biological material it stains.[…] which seem to be positive for two fluorochromes, i.e., the intact duochrome and the first component of the disintegrated duochrome. — 1997 adjective2 •Pertaining to the red and green colors of the duochrome test.Cockerham claims that there are a number of advantages with his duochrome fixation attachment over the ordinary illuminated target. — 1960 •Composed of two colors.Duochrome monotony of gray weather recalling Cage's Four Minutes Thirty-Three Seconds of silence, making Julian hungry to see something with a feeling attached. — 2005 adverb1 •In two colors.Mark showed his father how you could push down two of the coloured ballpoints at once, and so write duochrome. — 2014 formsduochromes
