monochrome
monochrome Lexical Profile
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• adjective
Consisting of or executed in black and white, or in varying shades of a single color.
"The photographer chose a monochrome palette to emphasize the dramatic textures of the ancient stone ruins."
Lacking variety, excitement, or interest; dull and monotonous.
"After years in the same office, his daily routine had begun to feel bleak and monochrome."
• noun
A photograph, painting, or other visual image executed in black and white or in varying shades of a single color, or the art and technique of producing such images.
"The gallery exhibition featured early 20th-century portraits shot entirely in monochrome."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the mid-17th century from Medieval Latin monochroma, from Ancient Greek monochrōmos ('of a single color'), combining monos ('single, alone') and chrōma ('color').