Monochrome

//ˈmɑn.əˌkɹoʊm// adj, noun

adj, noun ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A black and white image, especially such a photograph. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    a black-and-white photograph or slide wordnet
  3. 3
    A painting executed in shades of a single colour. countable, dated, uncountable
  4. 4
    painting done in a range of tones of a single color wordnet
  5. 5
    A ceramic glaze of a single colour; an object so glazed. countable, uncountable
Adjective
  1. 1
    Having only one colour. not-comparable

    "They are often used as decorations, like in set 9526 Star Wars Palpatine Arrest (2012) were two pearl gold monochrome minifigures represent statues."

  2. 2
    Representing colours with shades of gray. not-comparable
Adjective
  1. 1
    having or appearing to have only one color wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
;acrylic paintingblack and whiteblack and whiteblack-and-whitechromatic

Example

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"Only people with exceedingly rare types of colorblindness actually see the world in monochrome."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μονόχρωμος (monókhrōmos), from μόνος (mónos, “one”) + χρῶμα (khrôma, “color”); mono- + -chrome.

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