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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024mon•o•chrome /ˈmɑnəˌkroʊm/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Fine Arta painting or drawing in different shades of a single color.
adj. - Fine Artbeing or made in the shades of a single color:old monochrome TV screens.
See -chrom-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024mon•o•chrome (mon′ə krōm′),USA pronunciation n. - Fine Arta painting or drawing in different shades of a single color.
- Fine Artthe art or technique of producing such a painting or drawing.
- the state or condition of being painted, decorated, etc., in shades of a single color.
adj. - Fine Artbeing or made in the shades of a single color:a blue monochrome seascape.
- Fine Arthaving the images reproduced in tones of gray:monochrome television.
- Medieval Latin monochrōma. See mono-, -chrome
- 1655–65
mon′o•chro′mic, mon′o•chro′mi•cal, adj. mon′o•chro′mi•cal•ly, adv. mon′o•chrom′ist, n. mon′o•chro′my, n. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: monochrome /ˈmɒnəˌkrəʊm/ n - a black-and-white photograph or transparency
- black and white
- a painting, drawing, etc, done in a range of tones of a single colour
- the technique or art of this
- (modifier) executed in or resembling monochrome: a monochrome print
adj - devoid of any distinctive or stimulating characteristics
Also called (for senses 3, 4): monotint Etymology: 17th Century: via Medieval Latin from Greek monokhrōmos of one colourˌmonoˈchromic, ˌmonoˈchromical adj ˈmonoˌchromist n |