: What do I call a design with tinted elements on top of a photograph? How can I call the below kind of designs (tinted elements on photograph) I want to know, because to use the terms

@Rambettina927

A "2 color design" or a "2 color design with overprint". That's unfortunately not an official term for this specific style but still close to what it is.

In printing, I would call this a "multi channel" design but that's not a search term that will help you much if you are looking for inspiration online or examples; this term is related to the technique to achieve this with spot colors in Adobe Photoshop, not the style itself. It can help you find some tutorials to prepare print-ready files though.

And for clients, unfortunately, you might need to use the term "duotone" even though it's not really a duotone as mentioned in the other answer. Or stick to multi channel and explain them what it is.

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@Jessie844

I suppose it could be consider a "DuoTone" of sorts but since it's most likely being accomplished via "color" blend mode, don't think anyone coined a term for it. I would say come up with a snazzy name. ;)

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