Duochrome

Quick meaning: Duochrome is a noun meaning An image composed of varying shades (grayscale) of two colors.

Meaning

An image composed of varying shades (grayscale) of two colors.

More Meanings

1. A piece of pottery decorated in two colors.
2. A color scheme consisting of only two hues.
3. Fabric that shifts between two colors, depending on the angle of light, also, by extension, something made with such fabric.
4. A fluorochrome that shows up in either of two colors, depending on the type of biological material it stains.
5. Pertaining to the red and green colors of the duochrome test.
6. Composed of two colors.
7. 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.

Example Sentences

Films could also be tinted and toned, resulting in color duochromes.

Jugs 9-10 and 15 are obviously the last vestiges of earlier duochrome ware.

The duochrome should be used as the endpoint procedure for the initial MPMVA .

The duochrome differs from the duotone in that a fullcolor original is required for its preparation.

Word Forms

• duochromes

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include chromoretinoscopy, doublet, chromascope, chromatoptometer, dichroscope, anomaloscope.

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