: colored in two colors or in two shades of one color
two-tone shoes

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Recent denim pieces have included 1950s Big Smith overalls with original repairs, a pair of 1960s selvedge jeans from Foremost, a two-tone 1950s Lee 101-J jacket and 1960s carpenter jeans from Carter’s and Sears, the latter lined with fleece. Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 6 Aug. 2025 The sleek two-tone finish and clean-lined silhouette add style without overpowering limited space. Jacqueline Tempera, People.com, 19 July 2025 And outside, it would be painted in the same two-tone dirty green and dirtier white. Jody Mamone, Hartford Courant, 17 July 2025 The sneaker is enhanced with CD Icon eyelets as well as numerous CD details on the two-tone rubber sole, tongue and back, including a Dior signature on the sole and heel. Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 16 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for two-tone

Word History

First Known Use

1906, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of two-tone was in 1906

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“Two-tone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/two-tone. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.

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