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monochrome

[ mon-uh-krohm ]

noun

  1. a painting or drawing in different shades of a single color.
  2. the art or technique of producing such a painting or drawing.
  3. the state or condition of being painted, decorated, etc., in shades of a single color.


adjective

  1. being or made in the shades of a single color:

    a blue monochrome seascape.

  2. having the images reproduced in tones of gray:

    monochrome television.

monochrome

/ ˈɒəˌəʊ /

noun

  1. a black-and-white photograph or transparency
  2. photog black and white
    1. a painting, drawing, etc, done in a range of tones of a single colour
    2. the technique or art of this
  3. modifier executed in or resembling monochrome

    a monochrome print

“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

adjective

  1. devoid of any distinctive or stimulating characteristics
“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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Derived Forms

  • ˈDzԴˌdz, noun
  • ˌDzԴˈdz, adjective
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Other yvlog Forms

  • Dzo·m Dzo·m· adjective
  • Dzo·m··ly adverb
  • Dzo·dzi noun
  • Dzo·m noun
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of monochrome1

From the Medieval Latin word DzԴdzō, dating back to 1655–65. See mono-, -chrome
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of monochrome1

C17: via Medieval Latin from Greek DzԴǰōDz of one colour
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Most are roughly square, five-to-six foot canvases of seemingly monochrome color.

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We drain all the color from the stage so it’s all monochrome, and it suddenly feels like a different reality.

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We asked our readers to send in their best pictures on the theme of "monochrome".

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Dressed in a crisp, dark monochrome coat and slacks, Gaines makes his way to a small office in the back of the gallery and takes a seat next to me.

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He met Adam while on leave, after finding the courage to go to a gay bar for the first time - and at that moment, he says, "life turned from monochrome to technicolour".

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