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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
Adjective
Photog, television black-and-white
Noun
a painting or drawing done in a range of tones of a single colour [Greek monokhrōmos of one colour]
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
Spanish monochrome [ˈmɔnəukrəum] adjmonocromo
French monochrome [ˈmɔnəkrəum] adjmonochrome
German monochrome [ˈmɔnəkrəum] adj (photograph, television) → Schwarzweiß-;
(Comput) (screen) → Monochrom-

Italian monochrome [ˈmɔnəkrəum] adjmonocromo/a

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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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