gray scale
noun
: a series of regularly spaced tones ranging from black to white through intermediate shades of gray
also
: an image composed solely of gray scale tones
Examples of gray scale in a Sentence
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Bedtime mode will also automatically dim your screen and switch from color to gray scale on some phones.
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Simon Hill, WIRED, 7 Feb. 2024
The gray scale portion of the mural represents the Industrial Revolution and the beginning of the extraction of fossil fuels.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 13 Jan. 2024
And, while both can be solid gray or black, wolves land on the gray scale more frequently.
—Paul Richards, Field & Stream, 14 Sep. 2023
Aurora James of Brother Vellies made a gray scale version of her brand’s trademark slipper mules, in calf hair.
—Caitie Kelly Caitie Kelly Kurt Soller Ellie Pithers Jameson Montgomery, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2022
The earthy warmth of Tweed evokes summer days spent in the Cotswolds, while Tuxedo’s gray scale calls to mind innumerable red-carpet photo calls.
—Vogue, 13 Sep. 2019
The Holocaust, or the Gulag, are such monstrous events that the very idea of rendering them in any sort of gray scale seems monstrous, too.
—Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 21 June 2019
What the ad says: The one-minute ad opens in gray scale images and paints a dismal portrait of Maryland before Hogan was elected.
—Erin Cox, baltimoresun.com, 30 May 2018
Water and nourishment enter through the gray scales on their leaves, so these plants don’t need soil to survive.
—Karen Dardick, sandiegouniontribune.com, 17 May 2018
Simon Hill, WIRED, 7 Feb. 2024
The gray scale portion of the mural represents the Industrial Revolution and the beginning of the extraction of fossil fuels.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 13 Jan. 2024
And, while both can be solid gray or black, wolves land on the gray scale more frequently.
—Paul Richards, Field & Stream, 14 Sep. 2023
Aurora James of Brother Vellies made a gray scale version of her brand’s trademark slipper mules, in calf hair.
—Caitie Kelly Caitie Kelly Kurt Soller Ellie Pithers Jameson Montgomery, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2022
The earthy warmth of Tweed evokes summer days spent in the Cotswolds, while Tuxedo’s gray scale calls to mind innumerable red-carpet photo calls.
—Vogue, 13 Sep. 2019
The Holocaust, or the Gulag, are such monstrous events that the very idea of rendering them in any sort of gray scale seems monstrous, too.
—Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 21 June 2019
What the ad says: The one-minute ad opens in gray scale images and paints a dismal portrait of Maryland before Hogan was elected.
—Erin Cox, baltimoresun.com, 30 May 2018
Water and nourishment enter through the gray scales on their leaves, so these plants don’t need soil to survive.
—Karen Dardick, sandiegouniontribune.com, 17 May 2018
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“Gray scale.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gray%20scale. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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