Meaning

Of art, a photograph or photography, using shades of grey rather than shades of any other color..

Definitions by Sense

1. Of art, a photograph or photography, using shades of grey rather than shades of any other color.
2. Of a television or monitor, displaying images in shades of grey rather than color.
3. (figurative, idiomatic) Classifying people, objects or concepts as two polar opposites, especially "right" and "wrong"; dichotomous and inflexible.
4. Alternative form of black and white (easily divided into diametrically opposing camps).
5. Alternative form of black and white.

Example Sentences

2008, Linus Torvalds, [https://web.archive.org/web/20140805134937/http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/706950 Re: [stable] Linux 2.6.25.10], LKML; quoted in: Bezpieczeństwo, Jacek Popławski, pl.comp.os.advocacy, Usenet Security people are often the black-and-white kind of people that I can't stand.

The pseudo-community of enemies in The Day the Earth Stood Still consists of politicians, the military, and businessmen, whereas the pseudo-community of friends, the element that complements the enemies and reinforces the black-and-white morality of paranoia (Cameron, "Revisited" 56), is composed of scientists, women, and children.

“It's complicated. Not everything is black-and-white, Ginny. Sometimes, it's just gray.” The disillusionment in Ginny's eyes hurt bone-deep. She was a black-and-white kind of person. Actions were either right or wrong. No room for in-betweens.

You could say that inflexible thinking is black-and-white thinking and flexible thinking is rainbow thinking. Black-and-white thinkers have difficulty being flexible in their mind and seeing different possibilities and perspectives.

[T]he news bunny ran up to him, saying, "Officer, did you have trouble catching up with Batman? Was it an exciting chase?" The surfer cop struck a semi-heroic pose for the camera and said, "Weak sauce." Then he quickly walked Batman to the black-and-white, where he was put into the backseat.

Word Forms

• more black-and-white
• most black-and-white
• black and white
• black-or-white
• black/white
• black-and-whites

Synonyms for black-and-white

Antonyms for black-and-white

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When Should You Use Black-and-white?

Use black-and-white when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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