two-tone

American

[too-tohn] / ˈtuˈtoʊn /

Or two-toned

adjective

having two colors or two shades of the same color.

a two-tone automobile.

two-tone British

adjective

of two colours or two shades of the same colour
(esp of sirens, car horns, etc) producing or consisting of two notes

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Etymology

Origin of two-tone

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

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Its first owner, Argentine President Juan Perón, fell in love with the two-tone hardtop car, with a lustrous cream color on the roof and rich mahogany on the bottom, at the Paris Salon.

From The Wall Street Journal

But witnesses described seeing a thin, dark-haired man wearing a two-tone blue puffer jacket exiting the driver's seat and running from the scene.

From BBC

To make matters worse, the plant’s store of alarm pocket dosimeters, which let out a high-pitched two-tone alarm if the radiation level climbs too quickly, was largely wiped out by the tsunami.

From Literature

She described clothes worn by the suspect at the time as "a two-tone grey jacket, dark on the body and light on the arms, black cargo trousers and flip-flops".

From BBC

I missed punk because I was too young, but two-tone ska, I got into that big time.

From Los Angeles Times

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