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black and white

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black-and-white

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[ blak-uhn-hwahyt, -wahyt ]

adjective

  1. displaying only black and white tones; without color, as a picture or chart:

    a black-and-white photograph.

  2. partly black and partly white; made up of separate areas or design elements of black and white:

    black-and-white shoes.

  3. of, relating to, or constituting a two-valued system, as of logic or morality; absolute:

    To those who think in black-and-white terms, a person must be either entirely good or entirely bad.

black-and-white

noun

    1. a photograph, picture, sketch, etc, in black, white, and shades of grey rather than in colour
    2. ( as modifier )

      black-and-white film

  1. the neutral tones of black, white, and intermediate shades of grey Compare colour
  2. in black and white
    1. in print or writing
    2. in extremes

      he always saw things in black and white

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of black and white1

First recorded in 1590–1600
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"I tried to report him over and over again and they completely ignored me and I now know why. To actually see it in black and white is just horrendous."

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When I checked the history of the company name on Facebook, it was there in black and white.

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There, the black and white trailers with price tags up to $50,000 sat collecting dust until, eventually, about a dozen homeless people took shelter in the empty trailers, according to Los Angeles County officials.

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It’s out of your hands and this is the script that’s going to go in black and white forever?

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All around the capital there are Ukrainian flags flying alongside the Estonian blue, black and white tricolour.

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