MONOCHROME
Dictionary entry overview: What does monochrome mean?
• MONOCHROME (noun)
The noun MONOCHROME has 2 senses:
1. painting done in a range of tones of a single color
2. a black-and-white photograph or slide
Familiarity information: MONOCHROME used as a noun is rare.
• MONOCHROME (adjective)
The adjective MONOCHROME has 1 sense:
1. having or appearing to have only one color
Familiarity information: MONOCHROME used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• MONOCHROME (noun)
Meaning:
Painting done in a range of tones of a single color
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("monochrome" is a kind of...):
painting; picture (graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface)
Meaning:
A black-and-white photograph or slide
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
black and white; monochrome
Hypernyms ("monochrome" is a kind of...):
exposure; photo; photograph; pic (a picture of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide; recorded by a camera on light-sensitive material)
• MONOCHROME (adjective)
Meaning:
Having or appearing to have only one color
Synonyms:
monochrome; monochromic; monochromous; monochromatic
Similar:
colored; colorful; coloured (having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination)
