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mon·o·chrome

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–noun

1.	a painting or drawing in different shades of a single color.

2.	the art or technique of producing such a painting or drawing.

3.	the state or condition of being painted, decorated, etc., in shades of a single color.

–adjective

4.	being or made in the shades of a single color: a blue monochrome seascape.

5.	having the images reproduced in tones of gray: monochrome television.

[Origin: 1655–65; < ML monochrōma. See mono-, -chrome

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—Related forms

mon·o·chro·mic, mon·o·chro·mi·cal, adjective

mon·o·chro·mi·cal·ly, adverb

mon·o·chrom·ist, noun

mon·o·chro·my, noun

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mon·o·chrome Audio Help (mŏn'ə-krōm') Pronunciation Key
n.

1. A picture, especially a painting, done in different shades of a single color.
2. The art or technique of executing such a picture.
The state of being in a single color.
A black-and-white image, as in photography or on television.

[Medieval Latin monochrōma, from feminine of Greek monokhrōmos, of one color : mono-, mono- + khrōma, color.]

mon'o·chrome', mon'o·chro'mic (-krō'mĭk) adj.

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monochrome

1662, "painting or drawing done in different tints of a single color," from Gk. monochromos "of a single color," from monos "single, alone" + khroma (gen. khromatos) "color, complexion, skin." Photographic sense is recorded from 1940.

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monochrome
adjective
1.	having or appearing to have only one color [syn: monochromatic]
noun
1.	painting done in a range of tones of a single color
2.	a black-and-white photograph or slide [syn: black and white]

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monochrome graphics
Literally "one colour". Usually used for a black and white (or sometimes green or orange) monitor as distinct from a color monitor. Normally, each pixel on the display will correspond to a single bit of display memory and will therefore be one of two intensities. A grey-scale display requires several bits per pixel but might still be called monochrome.
Compare: bitonal.
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