Definition of monochrome
: a painting, drawing, or photograph in a single hue
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Recent Examples of monochrome from the Web
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The downtown restaurant offers small plates with a Mediterranean twist, all served up in a monochrome, minimalist setting that feels more cosmopolitan than shoreside.
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Like all the guests, Priyanka even matched her fascinator to her dress for that royal monochrome look.
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For her first-ever Met Gala, Kiersey settled on a monochrome look from H&M that once again shows off her impressive style range.
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The Germany shirt's basic design will make a comeback at this year's World Cup, except this time in monochrome.
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Not everything was monochrome in the land of lofts, of course: For a jolt of color and madness, there were paintings by Neo-Expressionists, including David Salle, Eric Fischl and Julian Schnabel.
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In early episodes the costume designer dresses her and Helen in red and blue, as if to signal their primary-color alliance, but as Margaret grows closer to Henry her palette becomes more monochrome.
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The decor is simple: dark timber floors and a monochrome color scheme enlivened by touches of a rich, deep blue—a nod to the ocean.
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In low-key monochrome shades, as well as colorful knits, the free-spirited style now has adult appeal.
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Origin and Etymology of monochrome
Medieval Latin monochroma, from Latin, feminine of monochromos of one color, from Greek monochrōmos, from mon- + -chrōmos -chrome
Definition of monochrome
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: of, relating to, or made with a single color or hue
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: involving or producing visual images in a single color or in varying tones of a single color (such as gray)
- monochrome film
Examples of monochrome in a Sentence
an artist who produces monochrome pencil drawings
Recent Examples of monochrome from the Web
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The best of these is the title number, which concludes the show in a blaze of uplift and redeems Segarra’s emotionally monochrome performance.
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The first was a sunny, monochrome look from Brandon Maxwell's Spring 2018 collection, which just hit the runway at New York Fashion Week last month.
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Beyond its history, Malta's landscape offers a natural, if hauntingly monochrome beauty amid the brilliant blues of the surrounding sea and sky.
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Fortunately, state legislatures, alumni and philanthropists are planting little academic platoons that will make campuses less intellectually monochrome.
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Fortunately, state legislatures, alumni and philanthropists are planting little academic platoons that will make campuses less intellectually monochrome.
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Fortunately, state legislatures, alumni and philanthropists are planting little academic platoons that will make campuses less intellectually monochrome.
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Fortunately, state legislatures, alumni and philanthropists are planting little academic platoons that will make campuses less intellectually monochrome.
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First Known Use of monochrome
1839
monochrome Synonyms
Synonyms
Antonyms
chromatic, colorful, kaleidoscopic, motley, multicolored, polychromatic, polychrome, rainbow, varicolored, varied, variegated;
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;
bicolored (or bicolor), dichromatic, two-tone;
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MONOCHROME Defined for English Language Learners
monochrome
Definition of monochrome for English Language Learners
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: having or made up of one color or shades of one color
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: using or showing only black and white and shades of gray
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