Duotone Image Effect Generator

Apply duotone color effects to photos with custom shadow and highlight colors

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How to apply duotone effects to images?

This tool converts your image to a duotone by mapping its grayscale values to two custom colors. Dark areas take the shadow color and bright areas take the highlight color.

Duotone is a popular design trend used in branding, social media graphics, and modern web design. Pick any two colors to create striking visual effects.

  • Upload the images you want to apply duotone to.
  • Choose a shadow color for dark areas of the image.
  • Choose a highlight color for bright areas of the image.
  • Preview the duotone effect in real-time.
  • Download individual images or all at once.
What is a duotone effect?
  • Duotone is a color technique that maps an image's tonal range to just two colors. Originally from print design, it creates bold, eye-catching visuals by replacing the full color spectrum with a gradient between two chosen colors.
What are popular duotone color combinations?
  • Dark navy and bright orange for corporate designs, deep purple and pink for modern aesthetics, black and gold for luxury branding, dark teal and coral for creative projects, and blue and yellow for high-contrast visuals.
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