bicolor

Thân thiện

A bicolor flag waves in the breeze.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Having two distinct colors: Describes something that displays or is composed of two different colors.

Usage

• The adjective "bicolor" is used attributively (before a noun) or predicatively (after a linking verb like "is").
• It is a formal or technical term often used in botany, zoology, heraldry, and design.

Examples

• Attributive use:
  • The garden featured a stunning bicolor rose with pink and white petals.
  • He collected bicolor stamps from the early 20th century.
• Predicative use:
  • The flag of that nation is distinctly bicolor.
  • The butterfly's wings are bicolor, featuring black and yellow.

Advanced Usage

• "Bicolor pattern": A specific arrangement or design using two colors.
  • The fabric had a striking bicolor pattern of alternating stripes.
• In scientific contexts, "bicolor" can specify the distribution of colors.
  • The species is identified by its bicolor abdomen, which is red at the base and black at the tip.

Variants and Related Words

• Bicolored (Adjective): An alternative spelling with the same meaning.
  • She wore a bicolored scarf of blue and green.
• Bicolour (Adjective): The British English spelling.
• Two-toned (Adjective): A more common synonym, especially in casual or commercial contexts.
• Dichromatic (Adjective): A technical term meaning having or showing two colors.

Synonyms

• Two-colored
• Two-toned
• Parti-colored (especially for irregular patches of two colors)
• Dichromatic

Antonyms

• Monochromatic (having one color)
• Polychromatic (having many colors)

Học thuật

Adjective

1. having two colors
   • a bicolor flower
   • a bicolored postage stamp

Từ đồng nghĩa

• bicolour
• bicolored
• bicoloured
• bichrome
• dichromatic