grisaille
noun
gri·saille gri-ˈzī 
-ˈzāl
-ˈzāl : decoration in tones of a single color and especially gray designed to produce a three-dimensional effect
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web An 18k rose gold version, the Galaxia, has more extensive grisaille instead of a lattice grid. 
Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 30 Mar. 2022 In fact, to render Black skin tones, Sherald uses grisaille, a method of using gray monochromes, historically used to render or imitate sculpture. Tom Teicholz, Forbes, 15 Apr. 2021 The technique was popular during the 1880s, and grisaille paintings were often featured in illustrated editions of the author’s works. Brigit Katz, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Jan. 2020 The tonality is gray, or grisaille, because this is the underpainting, in the old-master technique, that Elizabeth learned at art school. Dodie Kazanjian, Vogue, 10 Oct. 2018 In 1921, Elizabeth Keith, a Scotswoman who was one of the very rare westerners to visit Japanese-occupied Korea, made a woodblock print of the gorge, whose rich greens and blues sharply contrast with the Korean grisailles. Jason Farago, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2018 Sherald uses grisaille — a method of painting in gray monochrome — for her subjects’ skin. Dushko Petrovich, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2018 See More
Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 30 Mar. 2022 In fact, to render Black skin tones, Sherald uses grisaille, a method of using gray monochromes, historically used to render or imitate sculpture. Tom Teicholz, Forbes, 15 Apr. 2021 The technique was popular during the 1880s, and grisaille paintings were often featured in illustrated editions of the author’s works. Brigit Katz, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Jan. 2020 The tonality is gray, or grisaille, because this is the underpainting, in the old-master technique, that Elizabeth learned at art school. Dodie Kazanjian, Vogue, 10 Oct. 2018 In 1921, Elizabeth Keith, a Scotswoman who was one of the very rare westerners to visit Japanese-occupied Korea, made a woodblock print of the gorge, whose rich greens and blues sharply contrast with the Korean grisailles. Jason Farago, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2018 Sherald uses grisaille — a method of painting in gray monochrome — for her subjects’ skin. Dushko Petrovich, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2018 See More Word History
Etymology
French, from gris gray, from Middle French — more at grizzle
First Known Use
1848, in the meaning defined above
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