bicolour

Having two shades

Bicolour describes something having two colours, typically in distinct sections rather than blended: a bicolour cat, bicolour flowers.

The term appears in breed standards for animals and in botanical descriptions.

Also spelled bicolor (American) or hyphenated as bi-colour.

design

duotone

Two-color printing technique

gradient · palette · contrast · complementary · split · scheme · print · graphic · minimalist · sepia

animals

panda

Monochrome Chinese bear

  • magpieChattering corvid, loves shinies
  • zebraStriped African horse relative
  • orcaLarge predatory dolphin

skunk · piebald · pied · Holstein · Dalmatian · badger · penguin · tapir · puffin · clownfish

fashion

two-tone

Having two distinct colors

ensemble · style · blocked · garment · stripe · accessory · trim · piping · brogues · oxford

symbolism

yin-yang

Chinese duality symbol

dichotomy · opposition · balance · contrast · unity · harmony · complementary · interplay · juxtaposition

heraldic

escutcheon

Shield bearing heraldry

azure · sable · vert · or · field · charge · quartering · fess · pale · bend

flags

banner

Displayed strip with message

tricolour · national · stripe · horizontal · vertical · canton · hoist · civil · maritime · bipartite

Opposites
number of colours

bicolourmonochrome

Single-color rendering

monochromatic · multicolour · multicoloured · polychrome · polychromatic

Family

bicolor, bicolored, bicoloured

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