In-black-and-white meaning

(idiomatic) Explicitly, in writing, clearly and without doubt or misunderstanding, without any grey areas.

I'll believe that when I see it in black and white.

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(literally) Using shades of grey/gray rather than colour/color.

This film was shot in black and white.

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Having it displayed using shades of gray/gray rather than colour/color (as it was shot or recorded).

To watch color films in black and white.

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In-black-and-white Sentence Examples

  • She.d never understand a man like Kris, who saw the world only in black and white!

  • Miss Annie's pretty much spelled it out in black and white in this here journal, even if it was in code.

  • Galgano (infra), built in black and white marble, was begun in the early years of the 13th century, but interrupted by the plague of 1248 and wars at home and abroad, and in 1317 its walls were extended to the baptistery of San Giovanni; a further enlargement was begun in 1339 but never carried out, and a few ruined walls and arches alone remain to show the magnificence of the uncompleted design, which would have produced one of the largest churches in the-world.

  • Andrea is a structure in the Lombard-Norman style, of the 11th century; the fa�e in black and white stone was well restored in 1891; the bronze doors were executed at Constantinople before 1066.

  • As an illustrator in black and white he also deserves to be remembered, especially for the cuts to Dalziel's Bible, already mentioned, and his illustrations to George Eliot's Romola, which appeared in the Cornhill Magazine.

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