black-and-white
black-and-white is the alternative form of black and white.
Meaning of black and white
Adjective
black and white (comparative more black and white, superlative most black and white)
- Of art, a photograph or photography, using dots or lines that are either black or white (with no other values involved).
- Using Adobe Photoshop, he opened the images that were grayscale and converted them to be black and white.
- Of art, a photograph or photography, using shades of grey rather than shades of any other color.
- Their photos from that era are all black and white.
- Synonyms:
- grayscale, greyscale, monochrome
- Of a television or monitor, displaying images in shades of grey rather than color.
- The second segment is one of the most audacious and ambitious in “Treehouse Of Horror” history, and not just because it’s in black and white. It’s a parody of King Kong that works spectacularly well because Homer isn’t just ape-like and simian on the inside: he’s ape-like and simian on the outside...2012 April 29, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Treehouse of Horror III” (season 4, episode 5; originally aired 10/29/1992)”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)
- Classifying people, objects or concepts as two polar opposites, especially "right" and "wrong"; dichotomous and inflexible.
- I wish she weren't always so black and white about every single thing.
- Easily divided into diametrically opposing categories.
- Near-synonym: night-and-day
- Synonyms:
- night-and-day
Forms of black-and-white
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more black-and-white |
| superlative | most black-and-white |
| alternative form | black and white |
| alternative form | black-or-white |
| alternative form | black/white |
| Noun | |
| plural | black-and-whites |
Words formed from black-and-white
Phrases with black-and-white
Questions about black-and-white
- What is black-and-white the alternative form of?
- Black-and-white is the alternative form of black and white.
Words near black-and-white in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: black-and-white (page history and authors); black and white (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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