black and white
black and white
adj.
partially black and partially white in color; not in color; explicitly, clearly, in a way which leaves nothing to the imagination
Black and white
Black and white, often abbreviated
B/W or
B&W, and hyphenated
black-and-white when used as an adjective, is any of several
monochrome forms in
visual arts.
black and white
Noun
1. the result of the printing process; "I want to see it in black and white"
(synonym) print
(hypernym) written communication, written language
(hyponym) fingerprint
2. a black-and-white photograph or slide
(synonym) monochrome
(hypernym) photograph, photo, exposure, pic
Adjective
1. not having or not capable of producing colors; "black-and-white film"; "a black-and-white TV"; "the movie was in black and white"
(synonym) black-and-white, black and white(p)
(classification) photography, picture taking
black-and-white
Adjective
1. not having or not capable of producing colors; "black-and-white film"; "a black-and-white TV"; "the movie was in black and white"
(synonym) black and white(p)
(antonym) color, colour
(classification) photography, picture taking
2. of a situation that is sharply divided into mutually exclusive categories; "he rejected a black-and-white world"; "there are no black-and-white certainties"; "there were no gray areas, you were either for him or against him, he was all black-and-white"
(similar) divided
black and white
thinking of everything or judging everything as either good or bad He tries to see everything in black and white although he knows this is impossible.
black and white
Synonyms and related words:
North Pole, South Pole, antipodal points, antipodes, antipoints, antipoles, arc lighting, brouillon, cartoon, charcoal, charcoal drawing, chiaroscuro, contraposita, contrapositives, contraries, contrast, counterpoles, crayon, decorative lighting, delineation, design, diagram, direct lighting, doodle, draft, drafting, drawing, ebauche, electric lighting, enlightenment, esquisse, festoon lighting, floodlighting, fluorescent lighting, gaslighting, glow lighting, graph, highlights, illumination, incandescent lighting, indirect lighting, irradiation, light and shade, lighting, line drawing, night and day, opposite poles, opposites, overhead lighting, pastel, pen-and-ink, pencil drawing, polar opposites, poles, radiation, rough copy, rough draft, rough outline, silhouette, silver-print drawing, sinopia, sketch, sketching, spot lighting, stage lighting, strip lighting, study, tonality, tracing, vignette, writing,
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.