[mon-uh-krohm] 
| 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. |
| 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. |
| mon·o·chrome (mŏn'ə-krōm') n.
[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. |
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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