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monochrome

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Noun
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mon=o=chrome

CIDE DICTIONARY

monochromen. [Gr. of one color; mo`nos single + color: cf. F. monochrome.].
     A painting or drawing in a single color; a picture made with a single color.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

monochrome, n. & adj.
--n. a photograph or picture done in one colour or different tones of this, or in black and white only.
--adj. having or using only one colour or in black and white only.

Derivative
monochromic adj.
Etymology
ult. f. Gk monokhromatos (as MONO-, khromatos f. khroma colour)

THESAURUS

monochrome

Maxwell triangle, Munsell scale, acrylic painting, chromatic, chromatic circle, chromatic spectrum, chromaticity diagram, cold, color circle, color cycle, color index, color mixture curve, color solid, color spectrum, color system, color triangle, colorific, coloring, complementary color, cool, demitint, dichromatic, encaustic cerography, encaustic painting, finger painting, flower painting, freehand, fresco painting, full color, fundamental colors, genre painting, glowing, gouache, graphic, grisaille, half tint, halftone, harmonious, hue cycle, illumination, illustration, impasto, many-colored, matching, medley, metamer, monochromatic, monochromic, motley, mural painting, oil painting, painting, painty, parti-colored, pastose, photographic, pictorial, picturable, pictural, picturesque, picturization, pigmentary, polychromatic, polychrome, portraiture, poster painting, primary, primary color, prismatic, pure color, rainbow, scenographic, scumbled, secondary, secondary color, solar spectrum, spectral, spectral color, spectrum, spectrum color, tertiary, tertiary color, the brush, tinctorial, tingent, toning, variegated, warm, wash, wash drawing

ROGET THESAURUS

monochrome

Achromatism

N achromatism, decoloration, discoloration, pallor, pallidness, pallidity, paleness, etiolation, neutral tint, monochrome, black and white, uncolored &c (color), colorless, achromatic, aplanatic, etiolate, etiolated, hueless, pale, pallid, palefaced, tallow-faced, faint, dull, cold, muddy, leaden, dun, wan, sallow, dead, dingy, ashy, ashen, ghastly, cadaverous, glassy, lackluster, discolored, light-colored, fair, blond, white, pale as death, pale as ashes, pale as a witch, pale as a ghost, pale as a corpse, white as a corpse.

Painting

N painting, depicting, drawing, design, perspective, sciagraphy, skiagraphy, chiaroscuro, composition, treatment, historical painting, portrait painting, miniature painting, landscape painting, marine painting, still life, flower painting, scene painting, scenography, school, style, the grand style, high art, genre, portraiture, ornamental art, monochrome, polychrome, grisaille, pallet, palette, easel, brush, pencil, stump, black lead, charcoal, crayons, chalk, pastel, paint, watercolor, body color, oil color, oils, oil paint, varnish, priming, gouache, tempera, distemper, fresco, water glass, enamel, encaustic painting, mosaic, tapestry, photography, heliography, color photography, sun painting, graphics, computer graphics, picture, painting, piece, tableau, canvas, oil painting, fresco, cartoon, easel picture, cabinet picture, draught, draft, pencil drawing, water color drawing, etching, charcoal, pen-and-ink, sketch, outline, study, photograph, color photograph, black-and-white photograph, holograph, heliograph, daguerreotype, talbotype, calotype, heliotype, negative, positive, print, glossy print, matte print, enlargement, reduction, life-size print, instant photo, Polaroid photo, technicolor, Kodachrome, Ektachrome, Polaroid, portrait, whole length, full length, half length, kitcat, head, miniature, shade, silhouette, profile, landscape, seapiece, view, scene, prospect, panorama, diorama, still life, picture gallery, exhibit, studio, atelier, pinacotheca, painted, pictorial, graphic, picturesque, pencil, oil, in pencil, fecit, delineavit, mutum est pictura poema.


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