Monochrome definition
The state of being in a single color.
noun
A picture, especially a painting, done in different shades of a single color.
noun
The definition of monochrome is something that is all one color or done in black and white.
When you don't want to use your color ink so you print on your computer using grayscale and the picture comes out in shades of black, white and gray, this is an example of printing in a monochrome style.
adjective
A painting, drawing, design, or photograph in black and white, or in shades of one color often with black or white.
noun
A black-and-white image, as in photography or on television.
noun
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The art or technique of executing such a picture.
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The art or process of making these.
noun
Of or having to do with a single color.
adjective
Of or done in monochrome.
adjective
Also called "mono." Refers to display screens that use one foreground and one background color; for example, black on white, white on black or green on black. The first terminals connected to mainframes and minicomputers were monochrome, and monochrome screens were widely used on early personal computers.Monochrome vs. GrayscaleQuite often, a non-color monitor is called monochrome; however, if it displays shades of the single color, then it is a grayscale monitor. See pixel and color depth.
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Having only one colour.
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Other Word Forms
Noun
Singular:
monochrome
Plural:
monochromesOrigin of monochrome
- Medieval Latin monochrōma from feminine of Greek monokhrōmos of one color mono- mono- khrōma color
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Ancient Greek μονόχρωμος (monokhrōmos), from μόνος (monos, “one") + χρῶμα (khrōma, “color"); mono- +"Ž -chrome.
From Wiktionary