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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Kyiv was in the depths of a frigid winter so monochrome that the scene on the platform could have been an old newsreel, but it was 2022 and happening in a technicolour, digital age.
From BBC
Camouflage is tricky as even black boots and beanies stand out in the monochrome surroundings.
It started with the concept album “A Curious Feeling,” its obsessive autumnal gloom and ornate melodies made even more memorable by the monochrome opacity of the production.
From Los Angeles Times
Excelling more as a draftsman than a colorist, Lam created his most compelling paintings in near monochrome or with a limited palette.
Many of Anderson's designs centred on a monochrome palette, with sunny bursts of orange, punctuated with ice blue and pinks.
From BBC
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