Monochromatic vs. Monochrome

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  • Monochrome

    A monochromic image is composed of one color (or values of one color). The term monochrome comes from the Ancient Greek: μονόχρωμος, romanized: monochromos, lit. ‘having one color’.

    A monochromatic object or image reflects colors in shades of limited colors or hues. Images using only shades of grey (with or without black or white) are called grayscale or black-and-white. However, scientifically speaking, monochromatic light refers to visible light of a narrow band of wavelengths (see spectral color).

Wikipedia
  • Monochromatic (adjective)

    Having only one color, represented by differing hues and tints. For example shades in a black and white television.

  • Monochromatic (adjective)

    Perceptive of only one color; unable to distinguish colors; total color blindness.

  • Monochromatic (adjective)

    Plain, dull, lifeless.

  • Monochrome (noun)

    A black and white image, especially such a photograph.

  • Monochrome (noun)

    A painting executed in shades of a single colour.

  • Monochrome (noun)

    A ceramic glaze of a single colour; an object so glazed.

  • Monochrome (adjective)

    Having only one colour.

  • Monochrome (adjective)

    Representing colours with shades of gray.

Wiktionary
  • Monochrome (noun)

    a photograph or picture developed or executed in black and white or in varying tones of only one colour.

  • Monochrome (noun)

    representation or reproduction in black and white or in varying tones of only one colour.

  • Monochrome (adjective)

    (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.

Oxford Dictionary

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