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"etymology_text": "From duo- + color.",
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"ref": "1938, Journal of the Biological Photographic Association, page 71",
"text": "If daylight is present, the resulting pictures may show a duocolor effect—the highlights and middle tones will be correctly rendered but the shadows may reflect the daylight and photograph quite blue.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1948, Gas Appliance Merchandising, volume 20, page 33",
"text": "A duocolor scheme, a combination of wine and light tan, is used as a decorative effect.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1980, Peter Krause, Henry A. Shull, The Complete Guide to Cibachrome Printing, Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, page 117",
"text": "[…] correct a lack of color contrast balance in a slide or print material, to lighten the shadow areas of a print, or to obtain duocolor or monochrome effects.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1995 May 9, Guy T. Rice, “Re: Disappointed in 4E....(Multi-lands)”, in rec.games.trading-cards.magic.misc (Usenet), message-ID <3onbt4$rtv@blackice.winternet.com>",
"text": "Oh come on! Saying you can't make a tricolor deck without multilands was bad enough, but now you're saying you can't even make a reliable duocolor deck? _Just how bad are you_ at deck construction?",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1997, Lois Patterson, Jon M. Duff, Web Page Design, page 60",
"text": "Use GIF format for any duocolor image (such as black and white or yellow and red).",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2017 January 10, A. G. Howard, RoseBlood, Abrams Books",
"text": "With the duocolor job, white at the scalp and fuchsia at the nape, she looks like a grumpy powder puff.",
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"Having two colors."
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"word": "bichrome"
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{
"word": "bicolour"
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"word": "bicoloured"
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{
"word": "dichromatic"
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{
"word": "two-tone"
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"ref": "1938, Journal of the Biological Photographic Association, page 71",
"text": "If daylight is present, the resulting pictures may show a duocolor effect—the highlights and middle tones will be correctly rendered but the shadows may reflect the daylight and photograph quite blue.",
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},
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"ref": "1948, Gas Appliance Merchandising, volume 20, page 33",
"text": "A duocolor scheme, a combination of wine and light tan, is used as a decorative effect.",
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},
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"ref": "1980, Peter Krause, Henry A. Shull, The Complete Guide to Cibachrome Printing, Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, page 117",
"text": "[…] correct a lack of color contrast balance in a slide or print material, to lighten the shadow areas of a print, or to obtain duocolor or monochrome effects.",
"type": "quotation"
},
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"ref": "1995 May 9, Guy T. Rice, “Re: Disappointed in 4E....(Multi-lands)”, in rec.games.trading-cards.magic.misc (Usenet), message-ID <3onbt4$rtv@blackice.winternet.com>",
"text": "Oh come on! Saying you can't make a tricolor deck without multilands was bad enough, but now you're saying you can't even make a reliable duocolor deck? _Just how bad are you_ at deck construction?",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1997, Lois Patterson, Jon M. Duff, Web Page Design, page 60",
"text": "Use GIF format for any duocolor image (such as black and white or yellow and red).",
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},
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"ref": "2017 January 10, A. G. Howard, RoseBlood, Abrams Books",
"text": "With the duocolor job, white at the scalp and fuchsia at the nape, she looks like a grumpy powder puff.",
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