PhixitMake a duotone image
Duotone replaces the photo’s colors with two of your choice, one for the shadows and one for the highlights. It makes striking posters, album art and on-brand social images.
Free, no sign-up. Your photo stays on your device. Try it on a sample photo
How to make a duotone image
- Choose or drop a photo. It opens with the Duotone style applied.
- Pick the two colors next to Duotone colors: the first for shadows, the second for highlights.
- Set Style amount, then save from Export.
Good to know
- A dark color with a light one gives the clearest image; two mid-tones look muddy.
- Add contrast first: duotones look best with strong darks and lights.
- The Cyanotype look is a ready-made blue duotone.
Questions
What is a duotone?
An image printed with two inks. Here it means mapping dark tones to one color and light tones to another.
Can I use brand colors?
Yes. Click a color box and enter the exact hex code.
Is it the same as color grading?
Grading tints the original colors; duotone replaces them entirely.
Related tools
- Sepia filterTurn photos warm brown like an antique print with an adjustable sepia filter, then add grain and a vignette to age them further.
- Color gradingTint shadows and highlights separately for a cinematic look: teal and orange, warm and cool, or your own palette.
- PosterizeReduce a photo to a few flat bands of color for a screen-printed, pop-art poster look.
- Halftone effectTurn a photo into a dot pattern like old newspapers and comics, with adjustable dot size.