Definition of MONOCHROME

monochrome

Meanings

Plural: monochromes

Noun

  • painting done in a range of tones of a single color
  • a black-and-white photograph or slide
  • A black and white image, especially such a photograph.
  • A painting executed in shades of a single colour.
  • A ceramic glaze of a single colour; an object so glazed.

Adjective Satellite

  • having or appearing to have only one color

Adj

  • Having only one colour.
  • Representing colours with shades of gray.

Origin / Etymology

From Ancient Greek μονόχρωμος (monókhrōmos), from μόνος (mónos, “one”) + χρῶμα (khrôma, “color”); mono- + -chrome.

Scrabble Score: 19

monochrome is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
monochrome is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
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Words With Friends Score: 22

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