print or writing, especially the result of the printing process.
depicted only in black and white colors, or in shades of gray; also called monochromatic and monochrome; -- of images. Opposite of color or in color, and contrasting with polychrome technicolor three-color; as, a black-and-white TV; black-and-white film; the movie "Schindler's List" was shot in black and white.
A photographic film or paper used to create monochrome images. Though we think of black and white mainly in terms of a gray scale, prints can have a wide variety of subtle tones, from blue- to brown-black. Though the overwhelming majority of photography today is shot and printed in color, black-and-white has attracted a fiercely loyal and dedicated group of photographers.
Originals or reproductions in which black is the only color, as opposed to one-color (which can be any single color), two-color, four-color, or more.
not having or not capable of producing colors; "black-and-white film"; "a black-and-white TV"; "the movie was in black and white"
of a situation that is sharply divided into mutually exclusive categories; "he rejected a black-and-white world"; "there are no black-and-white certainties"; "there were no gray areas, you were either for him or against him, he was all black-and-white"
Originals or reproductions in single Colour, as distinguished from multiColour.
Originals or reproductions in single color, as distinguished from multicolor.
Black-and-white is a broad adjectival term used to describe a number of monochrome forms of visual arts. Most forms of visual technology start out in black and white, then slowly evolve into color as technology progresses.
