monochrome (redirected from Monochrom)

mon·o·chrome  (mn-krm)

n.

1.

a. A picture, especially a painting, done in different shades of a single color.

b. The art or technique of executing such a picture.

2. The state of being in a single color.

3. A black-and-white image, as in photography or on television.

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[Medieval Latin monochrma, from feminine of Greek monokhrmos, of one color : mono-, mono- + khrma, color.]

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mono·chrome, mono·chromic (-krmk) adj.

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monochrome [ˈmɒnəˌkrəʊm]

n

1. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Photography) a black-and-white photograph or transparency

2. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Photography) Photog black and white

3. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms)

a.  a painting, drawing, etc., done in a range of tones of a single colour

b.  the technique or art of this

4. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Photography) (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) (modifier) executed in or resembling monochrome a monochrome print

adj

devoid of any distinctive or stimulating characteristics Also called (for senses 3, 4) monotint

[via Medieval Latin from Greek monokhrōmos of one colour]

monochromic , monochromical adj

monochromist  n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	monochrome - painting done in a range of tones of a single color painting, picture - graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface; "a small painting by Picasso"; "he bought the painting as an investment"; "his pictures hang in the Louvre"
	2.	monochrome - a black-and-white photograph or slide black and white photo, photograph, pic, exposure, picture - a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide; recorded by a camera on light-sensitive material
Adj.	1.	monochrome - having or appearing to have only one color monochromic, monochromous, monochromatic colored, coloured, colorful - having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination; "colored crepe paper"; "the film was in color"; "amber-colored heads of grain"

Translations

monochrome [ˈmɒnəkrəʊm]

A. ADJ → monocromo

B. N → monocromo m

monochrome [ˈmɒnəkrəʊm] adj → monochrome

monochrome

adj → monochrom, einfarbig; (Comput) → monochrom; monochrome screen → Monochrombildschirm m; monochrome television → Schwarzweißfernsehen nt

n (Art) → monochrome Malerei, in einer Farbe gehaltene Malerei; (TV) → Schwarzweiß nt

monochrome [ˈmɒnəˌkrəum] adj (painting, print) → monocromatico/a, monocromo/a; (television) → in bianco e nero