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[ UK /mˈɒnə‍ʊkɹˌə‍ʊm/ ]
[ US /ˈmɑnəˌkɹoʊm/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. having or appearing to have only one color
NOUN
  1. a black-and-white photograph or slide
  2. painting done in a range of tones of a single color

How To Use monochrome In A Sentence

  • She felt as if she had left all colour behind, that from now on she would see the world in monochrome.
  • If one was tempted to conclude that he was at his best when working on a smaller budget, in monochrome, and in the English context, his next three films challenged such a contention.
  • Huge monochrome landscapes that portray the stretching expanses of the sea that sweeps up the north Norfolk coast. Times, Sunday Times
  • All photographs are monochrome, which, although fine for electron micrographs, is perhaps a little restrictive for modern light microscopy.
  • The monochrome weekly magazine of my youth was mouthy, pretentious, political and packed with occult knowledge. Times, Sunday Times
  • Sticking to a monochrome make-up palette will similarly mask a multitude of skin sins. Times, Sunday Times
  • 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. Inamo Restaurant Interior by Blacksheep
  • The monochrome half-tone process, introduced in 1872, was refined by the end of the 19th cent. to allow full colour reproduction.
  • The new works may be her most reserved and elegant since the monochromes (such as charcoal on vellum) that she made in the late '80s.
  • Above this ensemble, on the wall against which it is set, hangs a grid of 25 square encaustic paintings, monochrome abstractions that evoke the night sky.
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