[syn: monochromatic, monochrome, monochromic, monochromous]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Monochromic \Mon`o*chro"mic\, a.
Made, or done, with a single color; as, a monochromic
picture. Called also, monochromatic and monochrome.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Monochrome \Mon"o*chrome\, n. [Gr. ? of one color; mo`nos single
+ ? color: cf. F. monochrome.]
A painting or drawing in a single color; a picture made with
a single color.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
black-and-white \black-and-white\, black and white \black and
white\adj. (Photography, Imaging; Printing)
depicted only in black and white colors, or in shades of
gray; also called monochromatic and monochrome; -- of
images. Opposite of color or in color, and contrasting
with polychrome technicolor three-color; as, a
black-and-white TV; black-and-white film; the movie
"Schindler's List" was shot in black and white.
Syn: black and white, monochromatic, monochrome.
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
monochrome
adj 1: having or appearing to have only one color [syn:
monochromatic, monochrome, monochromic,
monochromous]
n 1: painting done in a range of tones of a single color
2: a black-and-white photograph or slide [syn: black and
white, monochrome]
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):
monochrome
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)