MONOCHROME

Monochrome

Monochrome describes paintings, drawings, design, or photographs in one color or shades of one color. A monochromatic object or image has colors in shades of limited colors or hues. Images using only shades of grey are called grayscale or black-and-white. However, scientifically speaking, monochromatic light refers to visible light of a narrow band of wavelengths .

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monochrome

Noun

  1. A black and white image, especially such a photograph.
  2. A painting executed in shades of a single colour.
  3. A ceramic glaze of a single colour; an object so glazed.

Adjective

  1. having only one colour
  2. representing colours with shades of gray


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