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black-and-white
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black-and-white, n.
print or writing, especially the result of the printing process. [WordNet 1.5]
black-and-white, adj.
depicted only in black and white colors, or in shades of gray; also called monochromatic and monochrome ; -- of images. Opposite of color or in color , and contrasting with polychrome technicolor three-color ; as, a black-and-white TV; black-and-white film; the movie “Schindler's List” was shot in black and white. [WordNet 1.5]
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