Quadtone
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Quadtone is a noun meaning (music) An interval of four whole tones.
Meaning
(music) An interval of four whole tones.
More Meanings
- A picture printed in four shades.
Example Sentences
When using tritones or quadtones (in which three colours are blended together) all the secondary colours are mixed together.
In Photoshop’s Duotone mode you can create monotones, duotones, tritones, and quadtones—grayscale images to which you add one, two, three, or four colors.
The two colours need not be black and grey; computer duotones can be created from a greyscale original in any two colours; tritones use three inks and quadtones four.
Word Forms
- quadtones
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include quartertone, tritone, quadricinium, tetrachord, quartole, quatuor.
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