Duotone
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This article is about multitone printing. For the Kenny G album, see Duotones.
Duotone is a halftone reproduction of an image using the superimposition of a contrasty black halftone over a one color halftone. This is most often used to bring out middle tones and highlights of an image. The most common colors used are blue, yellow, browns and reds. [1]
Thanks in part to Photoshop, duotones, tritones, and quadtones can be easily created.
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[edit] History
Duotones hail from Cyanotype and halftone prints. Color images in newspapers and comic books are usually halftone prints and occasionally duotones.
[edit] Modern use
Duotone color mode in Adobe's Photoshop uses an imaging process that computes the highlights and middle tones in a black and white image then allows the user to choose any color ink as his or her second color.
[edit] References
- ^ Pipes, Alan. Production For Graphic Designers 2nd Edition, Page 86: Prentice Hall Inc 1997
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Luminous Landscape Duotone Article
- LandscapePhoto.us Article on B/W and toning
- Creative Pro Article
- Working with Duotone in Photoshop
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