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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The documents are in black and white and speak volumes.
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Janelle Ash, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2025
The documents are in black and white and speak volumes.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2025
The video, shot mostly in black and white, opens with Gaga posted on a wall beside dozens of creepy dolls, with the singer emerging with a seizure-like dance that evokes the image of a corpse reanimating.
—Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
Presented in black and white, although it was shot in color, Ozon’s adaptation explores the story written and set against the backdrop of 1930s colonial French Algeria with a contemporary point of view, emphasizing the alien nature of the French population on Algerian soil.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2025
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Janelle Ash, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2025
The documents are in black and white and speak volumes.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2025
The video, shot mostly in black and white, opens with Gaga posted on a wall beside dozens of creepy dolls, with the singer emerging with a seizure-like dance that evokes the image of a corpse reanimating.
—Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
Presented in black and white, although it was shot in color, Ozon’s adaptation explores the story written and set against the backdrop of 1930s colonial French Algeria with a contemporary point of view, emphasizing the alien nature of the French population on Algerian soil.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 2 Sep. 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 14 Sep. 2025.
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