Black-and-white
WordNet

adjective


(1)   Not having or not capable of producing colors
"Black-and-white film"
"A black-and-white TV"
"The movie was in black and white"
(2)   Having spots or patches (small areas of contrasting color or texture)
"A field patched with ice and snow"
"The wall had a spotty speckled effect"
"A black-and-white spotted cow"
(3)   Of a situation that is sharply divided into mutually exclusive categories
"He rejected a black-and-white world"
"There are no black-and-white certainties"
"There were no grey areas, you were either for him or against him, he was all black-and-white"
(4)   Lacking hue or shades of grey; part white and part black
"A black-and-white cow"
"Black-and-white blooms"
"Black-and-white stripes"
WiktionaryText

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.

Antonyms

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