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monochrome

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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.

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

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

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
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.monochromemonochrome - 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.monochromemonochrome - a black-and-white photograph or slide
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.monochromemonochrome - having or appearing to have only one color
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. ADJmonocromo
B. Nmonocromo m
monochrome [ˈmɒnəkrəʊm] adjmonochrome
monochrome
adjmonochrom, einfarbig; (Comput) → monochrom; monochrome screenMonochrombildschirm m; monochrome televisionSchwarzweißfernsehen 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
monochrome [ˈmɒnəˌkrəum] adj (painting, print) → monocromatico/a, monocromo/a; (television) → in bianco e nero


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Sixty feet in the clear, the dim fire occasionally lighted, through shadowy cross-beams, the ridge-pole that was covered with sennit of coconut that was braided in barbaric designs of black and white and that was stained by the smoke of years almost to a monochrome of dirty brown.
 
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