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What Are Duotones, Duographs, Tritones and Quadtones?
uotones are two-color halftone image reproductions. Usually, a duotone will be made up of black and one other color, though it doesn't have to be. A duotone should be created so that the two colors are used at different intensities. This can create an image with subtle coloring that does not overpower or muddy the image's clarity. If done correctly, the result is a photograph with greater depth of color than a plain grayscale photo.

A duograph, or "fake duotone," is created by printing a one-color halftone over a tint or solid flat color. The effect is not nearly as effective and one looses a lot of the sharpness of a photo. It looks pretty crappy all around.

Tritones and a quadtones are halftones made up of three and four colors respectively. I can't say that i've ever seen one of these that were all that impressive. If you have four colors, I'd go with CMYK and have the option of using full color photos!

a black & white halftone		a black & cyan duotone
a black & cyan duograph		a black, cyan & magenta tritone
a CMYK quadtone

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