greyscale
greyscale is the alternative spelling of grayscale.
Meaning of grayscale
Noun
grayscale (countable and uncountable, plural grayscales)
- A printed strip of graduated tones used to check exposure and development times.
- The use of black and white, representing color with shades of gray.
- You can view your presentation in grayscale or black-and-white and then customize how the various colors are translated to grayscale or black-and-white.2010, Joe Habraken, Microsoft Office 2010 in Depth
Forms of greyscale
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | greyscales |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | greyscales |
| present participle | greyscaling |
| past participle | greyscaled |
| past | greyscaled |
Origin of greyscale
From grey + scale.
Questions about greyscale
- What is greyscale the alternative spelling of?
- Greyscale is the alternative spelling of grayscale.
Words near greyscale in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: greyscale (page history and authors); grayscale (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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