monochrome

²monochrome

adj

Definition of MONOCHROME

1

: of, relating to, or made with a single color or hue

2

: involving or producing visual images in a single color or in varying tones of a single color (as gray) <monochrome film>

Examples of MONOCHROME

1. <an artist who produces monochrome pencil drawings>

First Known Use of MONOCHROME

1849

Related to MONOCHROME

Synonyms: monochromatic, monochromic, self, self-colored, solid

Antonyms: chromatic, colorful, kaleidoscopic, motley, multicolored, polychromatic, polychrome, rainbow, varicolored, varied, variegated

Related Words: achromatic, neutral

Near Antonyms: dappled (also dapple), marbled, shaded; mottled, parti-color (or parti-colored), piebald, pied, pinto, skewbald; banded, barred, brindled (or brindle), streaked, striated; checkered, dotted, patterned, plaid, striped; flecked, specked, speckled, spotted; bichrome, bicolored (or bicolor), dichromatic, trichromatic, tricolor (or tricolored), two-tone

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Other Fine Arts Terms

Gothic, baroque, bas-relief, limn, oeuvre, pastiche, rococo, sfumato