monochrome
Americannoun
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a painting or drawing in different shades of a single color.
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the art or technique of producing such a painting or drawing.
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the state or condition of being painted, decorated, etc., in shades of a single color.
adjective
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being or made in the shades of a single color.
a blue monochrome seascape.
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having the images reproduced in tones of gray.
monochrome television.
noun
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a black-and-white photograph or transparency
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photog black and white
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a painting, drawing, etc, done in a range of tones of a single colour
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the technique or art of this
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(modifier) executed in or resembling monochrome
a monochrome print
adjective
Other Word Forms
- monochromic adjective
- monochromical adjective
- monochromically adverb
- monochromist noun
- monochromy noun
Etymology
Origin of monochrome
From the Medieval Latin word monochrōma, dating back to 1655–65. See mono-, -chrome
Example Sentences
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The color scheme glides from monochrome in the morning to various shades of blue in the afternoon, a backdrop to blindingly white icebergs, their seawashed cavities a bright turquoise.
The catalog’s full-page reproductions, in spectacular colors or crepuscular monochromes, are frequently transporting.
Light touches of gold around her head contrast with the deftly controlled monochrome ink washes of the landscape in this virtuosic composition.
The cream-colored pages of this faithful facsimile lend a welcome softness to his monochrome photographs; and the same Egyptian-inspired Art Deco typeface that adorned the book’s original cover is here reproduced.
The artist said that none of his monochromes resembled each other and were "of quite a different essence and atmosphere", according to Christie's.
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