grayscale

or gray scale

[ 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

Words nearby grayscale

Gray Panther, gray parrot, gray pine, gray power, graysby, grayscale, gray-scale ultrasonography, gray sea eagle, Gray's Inn, gray skate, gray snapper

How to use grayscale in a sentence

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
So, basically there’s a whole grayscale in terms of how we approach these different types of content.
“We Get All Our Great Stuff from Europe — Including Witch Hunting.” (Ep. 446)|Steven D. Levitt|January 7, 2021|Freakonomics

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

Medical definitions for grayscale

gray scale

Gray-scale ultrasonography.