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- Dictionarymonochrome/ˈmɒnə(ʊ)krəʊm/
noun
- 1. a photograph or picture developed or executed in black and white or in varying tones of only one colour.
adjective
- 1. (of a photograph or picture, or a television screen) consisting of or displaying images in black and white or in varying tones of only one colour.
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The meaning of MONOCHROME is a painting, drawing, or photograph in a single hue. How to use monochrome in a sentence.
MONOCHROME definition: 1. using only black, white, and grey, or using only one colour: 2. not interesting or exciting…. Learn more.
A monochrome [1] or monochromatic image, object or palette is composed of one color (or values of one color). [2] Images using only shades of grey are called grayscale (typically digital) or black-and-white (typically analog).
MONOCHROME meaning: 1. using only black, white, and grey, or using only one colour: 2. not interesting or exciting…. Learn more.
A monochrome film, photograph, or television shows black, white, and shades of grey, but no other colours. ...color and monochrome monitors. ...scratchy monochrome movies. A monochrome picture uses only one colour in various shades. ...an old monochrome etching of a brewery. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.
What does the word monochrome mean? There are eight meanings listed in OED's entry for the word monochrome. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. How common is the word monochrome? How is the word monochrome pronounced? Where does the word monochrome come from? The earliest known use of the word is in the mid 1600s.
MONOCHROME meaning: 1 : having or made up of one color or shades of one color monochromatic; 2 : using or showing only black and white and shades of gray sometimes used figuratively
Definition of monochrome adjective in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
A picture, especially a painting, done in different shades of a single color. b. The art or technique of executing such a picture. 2. The state of being in a single color. 3. A black-and-white image, as in photography or on television. [Medieval Latin monochrōma, from feminine of Greek monokhrōmos, of one color : mono-, mono- + khrōma, color.]
5 senses: 1. a black-and-white photograph or transparency 2. photography black and white 3.
