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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.
(1994-11-24)

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Monochrome

Mon`o*chro*mat"ic\, a. [Cf. F. monochromatique. See Monochrome.] Consisting of one color, or presenting rays of light of one color only.

Monochromatic lamp (Opt.),a lamp whose flame yields rays of some one homogenous light. It is of great importance in optical experiments.

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