: colored in two colors or in two shades of one color
two-tone shoes
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There's the two-tone paint scheme with a signature Bugatti blue, and graphics that meld the color into the carbon fiber weave pattern on the frame.
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New Atlas, 19 Mar. 2026
For the Oscar ceremony, Madison wore a two-tone pink-and-black satin Dior gown, and for the Vanity Fair Oscar Party, slipped into a plunging strapless gown by the French fashion house.
—Maggie Coughlan, Vanity Fair, 16 Mar. 2026
Jessie Buckley stunned in a Chanel two-tone gown featuring a structured red satin off-the-shoulder bodice and flowing blush pink skirt with a sweeping train.
—Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 15 Mar. 2026
Spaniards thronged two fashionable bars every afternoon: guns jostled at the soldiers’ hips and the women wore two-tone hair, blond at the shoulders and black at the roots.
—Literary Hub, 24 Feb. 2026
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New Atlas, 19 Mar. 2026
For the Oscar ceremony, Madison wore a two-tone pink-and-black satin Dior gown, and for the Vanity Fair Oscar Party, slipped into a plunging strapless gown by the French fashion house.
—Maggie Coughlan, Vanity Fair, 16 Mar. 2026
Jessie Buckley stunned in a Chanel two-tone gown featuring a structured red satin off-the-shoulder bodice and flowing blush pink skirt with a sweeping train.
—Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 15 Mar. 2026
Spaniards thronged two fashionable bars every afternoon: guns jostled at the soldiers’ hips and the women wore two-tone hair, blond at the shoulders and black at the roots.
—Literary Hub, 24 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for two-tone
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“Two-tone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/two-tone. Accessed 28 Mar. 2026.
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