monochrome
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əˌkroʊm 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.
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monochrome (ˈmɒnəˌkrəʊm) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a black-and-white photograph or transparency |
| 2. | photog black and white |
| 3. | a. a painting, drawing, etc, done in a range of tones of a single colour |
| b. the technique or art of this | |
| 4. | (modifier) executed in or resembling monochrome: a monochrome print |
| —adj | |
| 5. | devoid of any distinctive or stimulating characteristics |
| [C17: via Medieval Latin from Greek monokhrōmos of one colour] | |
| mono'chromic | |
| —adj | |
| mono'chromical | |
| —adj | |
| 'monochromist | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
monochrome
1660s, "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 definition
graphicsLiterally "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.
(1994-11-24)
Example sentences
Examples of these are the celadon and monochrome porcelains.
For example, earlier cellphones only had monochrome displays and the maximum you could do was text messages or call someone.
Within the caves, the monochrome lifelessness of the desert gave way to an exuberance of color and movement.
Two, there have got to be better ways to rejuvenate or subvert the convention of the modernist monochrome canvas.
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