Meaning of tritone | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An interval of three whole tones.
2. A picture printed in three shades.

Equivalents

Examples

“Near-synonyms: augmented fourth, diminished fifth”

“The tritone has a pitch ratio close⟳ to 17:12.”

“The mini-epic “Seasons in the Abyss,” with its ringing tritone interval at the beginning, its extended solos, its medium tempo, was as close⟳ as Slayer got to a groove.”

“In Photoshop’s Duotone mode you can create⟳ monotones, duotones, tritones, and quadtones—grayscale images to which you add⟳ one, two, three, or four colors.”

“When using tritones or quadtones (in which three colours are blended together) all the secondary colours are mixed together.”

“The two colours need⟳ not be black and grey; computer duotones can be created from a greyscale original in any two colours; tritones use⟳ three inks and quadtones four.”

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