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Monochromatic

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Having only one color, represented by differing hues and tints. For example shades in a black and white television. not-comparable
  2. 2
    Perceptive of only one color; unable to distinguish colors; total color blindness. not-comparable
  3. 3
    Plain, dull, lifeless. figuratively, not-comparable

    "Let's not […] lose our sense of boyish fun and daring, but let's at least begin to assert ourselves in the world, to impose our vision of sex and affection and spirit more and more upon the monochromatic Fatherland."

Adjective
  1. 1
    (of light or other electromagnetic radiation) having only one wavelength wordnet
  2. 2
    having or appearing to have only one color wordnet
  3. 3
    of or relating to monochromatism wordnet

Etymology

From mono- + chromatic, mono- from Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “alone, only, sole, single”), chromatic from Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma, “color”).

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