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low-toned /ˈləʊtəʊnd/adjective1(Of sound) having a low-pitched tone: a low-toned laugh sounded...- A low-toned buzzer echoed through the cavern and all the drills and carts stopped moving.
- When he heard his daughter calling him, he took his gas mask off and said "That depends," his low-toned voice coming like a sigh, tired.
- The warbling effect of the Harmonizers would make the guitar sound unusual and more low-toned.
2(Of colour) having a subtle, soft tone: washes of rather subdued and low-toned pigments...- The brilliant colour and strong light of Africa had a profound and long-lasting effect on his painting, dissipating his low-toned palette and bringing vivid colour to his bold African native compositions.
- It is a painting of naked female flesh, white and bright against a low-toned, even gloomy seascape.
- Carpaccio, one might argue, employed a color scheme of low-toned ochers and browns.
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