monochrome

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  1. noun A picture, especially a painting, done in different shades of a single color.
  2. noun The art or technique of executing such a picture.
  3. noun The state of being in a single color.
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  • All the illustrations, both autochrome and monochrome, are the work of Mr. Coburn. —  Mark Twain
  • Pictures are to be first painted in monochrome, in raw umber and white. —  Philip Gilbert Hamerton
  • He hadn't been on deck for more than a few moments when Rue Meridian appeared beside him, coming up so silently that he didn't hear her approach and realized she was there only when she placed a hand over his own. —  Morgawr
  • All in what to my eye was monochrome, as if I had entered a film set and was trapped in a wild adventure serial. —  The Dreamthief's Daughter
  • Still monochrome, the world ... —  The Courts of Chaos
 

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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Medieval Latin monochrōma, from feminine of Greek monokhrōmos, of one color : mono-, mono- + khrōma, color.

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  1. = French monochrome = Portuguese monochroma, from Middle Latin monochroma, feminine of Latin monochromos, from Greek μονόχρωμος, also μονοχρώματος, of one color (see monochromatic), from μόνος, single, + χρω̄μα, color.
 

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/ˈmɑnəkroʊm/
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