in black and white
idiom
1
: in written or printed form
I want to see it in black and white.
2
: in a way that involves a simple choice between two opposite things (such as good and bad or right and wrong)
She sees everything in black and white.
3
: using equipment that produces only black-and-white pictures
a movie filmed in black and white.
Examples of in black and white in a Sentence
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In addition to brown leather like Garner’s pair, the slide sandals are sold in black and white.
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Jamie Allison Sanders, People.com, 30 July 2025
Once President Trump signs the bill into law, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting’s budget will be zeroed out for the first time since 1967, back when television stations still broadcast in black and white.
—Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 18 July 2025
The news came in a brief Instagram video in which MC flipped her hair back and walked slowly in shiny black leather high-heeled boots and black cat suit in front of a giant mural of herself, with the album title spelled out over and over in black and white behind her.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 21 July 2025
The washable and repairable bags are in black and white.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 17 July 2025
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Jamie Allison Sanders, People.com, 30 July 2025
Once President Trump signs the bill into law, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting’s budget will be zeroed out for the first time since 1967, back when television stations still broadcast in black and white.
—Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 18 July 2025
The news came in a brief Instagram video in which MC flipped her hair back and walked slowly in shiny black leather high-heeled boots and black cat suit in front of a giant mural of herself, with the album title spelled out over and over in black and white behind her.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 21 July 2025
The washable and repairable bags are in black and white.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 17 July 2025
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“In black and white.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20black%20and%20white. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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