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black and white
- writing or print: to put an agreement down in black and white
- a drawing or picture done in black and white
- reproduction, as by photography or television, of images in black, white, and gray rather than in chromatic colors
adjective
- set down in writing or print
- partly black and partly white: a black-and-white tie
- reproduced, rendered, etc. in black, white, and gray rather than in chromatic colors: a black-and-white print
- producing images in black, white, and gray: a black-and-white TV set
- of or based on absolute values that are exactly opposite: an issue seen only in black-and-white terms of right or wrong
noun
- a black-and-white photograph
- Slang a police patrol car
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