grayscale

[ grey-skeyl ]

/ ˈgreɪˌskeɪl /

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noun

a scale of achromatic colors having several, usually ten, equal gradations ranging from white to black, used in television and photography.

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Origin of grayscale

First recorded in 1935–40

It recalls a past era, when more films were presented in grayscale — though films like this may be evidence it’s coming back, it’s a generation of filmmaking that’s gone.
C’mon C’mon tries, just a little, to stop time|Alissa Wilkinson|November 19, 2021|Vox
Wind Down, Bedtime Mode’s precursor, had a Night Light option that could be used in tandem with, or instead of, the grayscale mode.
All the ways tech can help you relax|David Nield|November 4, 2021|Popular-Science
It’s a workaround I figured out on my own, a way to navigate a world not designed for grayscale peepers like mine.
The new issue of PopSci is full of bright young peeps|Corinne Iozzio|September 22, 2021|Popular-Science
Males, for example, have a range of coat colorings from a dramatic grayscale to a kaleidoscope of turquoise and tangerine with ruddied swirls.
This rainbow-scaled lizard lived anonymously in the Andes—until now|Grace Wade|September 6, 2021|Popular-Science

Will and I stared at the grayscale brain template, an aggregate of statistics from all our subjects, which was completely devoid of color—no hot spots, no clusters to use as future regions of interest.
The Trouble with Brain Scans - Issue 98: Mind|Kelsey Ichikawa|March 31, 2021|Nautilus
The many images of the original are inline here as grayscale graphics in PNG format, scaled to 480 or 512 pixels width.
Line and Form (1900)|Walter Crane
The numerous figures from the original are reproduced here as 16-level grayscale images in .
Steam Turbines|Hubert E. Collins