We look at 2-Tone, refuge of the indecisive.

Starting on a pedantic note, I use the term ‘two-tone’, knowing full well that, like the term ‘colour coding’, its use in regard to car painting is usually incorrect. A tone is technically a greyer, less colourful, version of a single colour. Frequently, cars described as ‘two-tone’ are, more correctly, ‘two-hue’. Nevertheless, let’s stick to the generally accepted vocabulary.
I became aware of two-tone, as a child of maybe four. My Dad had a dark green Mark VII Jaguar which, one day, returned from the garage with light green flashes down either side – I’ve recaptured this crudely on the attached photo. Continue reading “Theme : Colour – Don’t Watch That…Watch This!”