monochrome: Meaning and Definition of

mon•o•chrome

Pronunciation: (mon'u-krōm"), [key]
— n.
  1. a painting or drawing in different shades of a single color.
  2. the art or technique of producing such a painting or drawing.
  3. the state or condition of being painted, decorated, etc., in shades of a single color.
—adj.
  1. being or made in the shades of a single color: a blue monochrome seascape.
  2. having the images reproduced in tones of gray: monochrome television.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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