Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A picture, especially a painting, done in different shades of a single color.
- n. The art or technique of executing such a picture.
- n. The state of being in a single color.
- n. A black-and-white image, as in photography or on television.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Painting or a painting in one color, which may, however, be relieved by the use of lighter and darker shades. Compare camaïeu and grisaille.
- Of one color; painted in one color; monochromic.
Wiktionary
- n. A black and white image, especially such a photograph.
- n. dated A painting executed in shades of a single colour.
- n. A ceramic glaze of a single colour; an object so glazed.
- adj. having only one colour
- adj. photography representing colours with shades of gray
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A painting or drawing in a single color; a picture made with a single color.
WordNet 3.0
- n. painting done in a range of tones of a single color
- n. a black-and-white photograph or slide
- adj. having or appearing to have only one color
Etymologies
- From Ancient Greek μονόχρωμος (monokhrōmos), from μόνος ("one") + χρῶμα ("color"). (Wiktionary)
- Medieval Latin monochrōma, from feminine of Greek monokhrōmos, of one color : mono-, mono- + khrōma, color. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“I resent the term monochrome and consider it racist”
“On the heels of her rainbow-bright appearance at Miu Miu's Paris show, Rihanna hit the streets looking decidedly more down to earth in monochrome leggings and a relaxed knit sweater.”
The Huffington Post: Chloé Harris: Celebs Strip Down Post-Fashion Week
“Camel twinned with shots of color or simple monochrome is this season's favorite fallback.”
“Maybe it's just the technique of showing Kansas in monochrome and Oz in technicolor.”
“The restaurant has been treated partly in monochrome to allow the tabletop illuminations to stand out and partly with further graphics (inspired by the colour choices of kaleidoscopes and origami for an Asian feel) to mirror the strong graphic sense created by the tabletops.”
“Available in monochrome aluminum, or in white with vibrant anodized colors, the Symbol helps to keep your home photo ready - with or without the coats.”
“While the displays are becoming more flexible and conserve power, they face other limitations such as working only in monochrome and failing to display video — areas critical to attracting advertisers and consumers to the technology.”
“But generally, because of the oxidation problem and because indigo did not need a mordant as other colors did, blue is more common in monochrome printed textiles of the period than in multicolored designs. reference”
“PROS: Excellent visuals (even if you do look at many of them in monochrome), and some great gadgets.”
“Lower-Priced Alternative : Earlier Song-era porcelain, characterized by monochrome pieces in cloudy-sky colors whose glazes occasionally look crackled, appeals to some American buyers but so far hasn't been bought up by many Chinese collectors.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘monochrome’.
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GRE Barrons Wordlist
A complete Barron's Wordlist for GRE preparation. Your online flashcard replacement.
abase, abash, abate, abbreviate, abdicate, aberrant, aberration, abet, abeyance, abhor, abject, abjure and 4087 more...
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Artistic words
Good for poetry, or just artistic on their own.
fluxus, gallant, kinetic, lurk, disengage, mist, agleam, voyeur, devoid, crimson, ebony, azure and 94 more...
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11184 more...
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mono-
single; alone; one
monoclinal, monochloride, monolayer, mononucleosis, monolith, monolithic, monograph, monochrome, monogram, monotreme, monocle
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Charles Michael Kittridge Thompson IV
Words from the songs of Frank Black, a.k.a. Black Francis
zugzwang, valhalla, montalvo, ishist, tritons, mosh, siam, llano del rio, protohuman, tumbleweeds, ludwigshafen, ballyhoos and 349 more...
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colours
& related words
atrament, atramentum, atramental, wisteria, primrose, monochrome, phantasmagoria, pallid, sallow
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maygra
apropos, advantageous, perception, discombobulated, adumbrate, apogee, perihelion, mortmain, solitudinous, mediastinus, asumbrative, traveler and 498 more...
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slackagogo's Words
agelast, aggiornamento, zaftig, wowserism, vox barbara, verbigeration, tchotchke, tautology, sycophant, spoonerism, solipsism, sobriquet and 288 more...
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Descriptive
The present, the future. Goals, wishes, hopes.
capricious, sericeous, sleek, flawless, charming, skilled, long-haired, versatile, beautiful, witty, fair, thin and 145 more...
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words found to be generally pleasing
alabaster, mahogany, camphor, coalesce, spire, portmanteau, gadabout, palaver, dolor, dour, dun, luminesce and 610 more...
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Novel Words
Concise words to sprinkle in my prose.
apropos, perception, discombobulated, adumbrate, apogee, antinomy, sanguine, glyph, taciturn, aesthetic, truncate, coffee and 143 more...
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Wordie Working Overtime - some words ...
Some words of from XTC songs that I like or for some reason stand out. That and a dollar will get you a ride on the bus.
transistor, impaled, settee, sunspecs, neon, meccanic, infatuation, greenhouse, capers, consequence, excepted, helicopter and 112 more...
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Some Wednesday words
Just another arbitrary list of words that come up for me today, June 20 2007
tutelage, hobby horse, abracadabra, occipital, martinet, margarita, persona, cute, sharp, acute, confabulate, conspire and 97 more...
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Tory's First Wordie List
perambulate, mumpsimus, euphoric, peripatetic, mellifluous, soporific, neologism, nihilism, nepotism, effervescent, lascivious, esoteric and 217 more...
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No Comeuppance!
comeuppance, ersatz, mensuration, felicitous, puissant, coccyx, groin vault, jactitation, titivate, crapulous, bibulous, lucubration and 116 more...
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abash, abate, abbreviate, abdicate, aberrant, aberration, abet, abeyance, abhor, abide, abject, abjure and 4874 more...
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