black-and-white

See also black and white

English

Adjective

black-and-white (no comparative or superlative; used only before the noun)

1. Of art, a photograph or photography, using shades of grey/gray rather than colour/color.
2. Of a television or monitor, displaying images in shades of grey/gray rather than colour/color.

Synonyms

• (art/photograph/photography): monochrome

Antonyms

• (art/photograph/photography): colour/color
• (television/monitor): colour/color

Translations

using shades of grey/gray

Czech: černobílý (cs) Esperanto: negroblanka (eo) Finnish: mustavalko-, mustavalkoinen French: noir et blanc (fr) German: schwarzweiß (de), monochrome (de)

Polish: czarno-biały (pl), monochromatyczny (pl) Russian: чёрно-белый (ru) (čórno-bélyj) Swedish: svartvit (sv) Spanish: blanco y negro (es)

displaying images in shades of grey/gray

Basque: zuribeltz (eu), monokromatiko (eu) Chinese: Mandarin: 黑白 (zh) (hēibái) Czech: černobílý (cs) Esperanto: negroblanka (eo) Finnish: mustavalko- French: noir et blanc (fr)

German: schwarzweiß (de), monochrome (de) Japanese: 白黒 (ja) (しろくろ, shirokuro) Polish: czarno-biały (pl), monochromatyczny (pl) Russian: чёрно-белый (ru) (čórno-bélyj) Spanish: blanquinegro (es) m. Swedish: svartvit (sv)

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Hebrew: שחור־לבן (shakhor-lavan)

See also

• in black and white