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  1. black-and-whiteadjective

    Synonyms:
    monochrome

    Antonyms:
    colour, color

  2. black-and-whiteadjective

    Of art, a photograph or photography, using shades of grey/gray rather than colour/color.

    Synonyms:
    monochrome

    Antonyms:
    color, colour

  3. black-and-whiteadjective

    Of a television or monitor, displaying images in shades of grey/gray rather than colour/color.

    Synonyms:
    monochrome

    Antonyms:
    color, colour

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. written communication, written language, black and whitenoun

    communication by means of written symbols (either printed or handwritten)

    Synonyms:
    monochrome, written communication, written language, black and white

    Antonyms:
    color, united, colour

  2. black and white, monochromeadjective

    a black-and-white photograph or slide

    Synonyms:
    monochrome, written communication, written language, black and white

    Antonyms:
    united, color, colour

  3. black-and-whiteadjective

    lacking hue or shades of grey; part white and part black

    "a black-and-white cow"; "black-and-white blooms"; "black-and-white stripes"

    Synonyms:
    black and white(p)

    Antonyms:
    color, colour, united

  4. black-and-white, black and white(p)adjective

    not having or not capable of producing colors

    "black-and-white film"; "a black-and-white TV"; "the movie was in black and white"

    Antonyms:
    color, colour, united

  5. black-and-whiteadjective

    of a situation that is sharply divided into mutually exclusive categories

    "he rejected a black-and-white world"; "there are no black-and-white certainties"; "there were no grey areas, you were either for him or against him, he was all black-and-white"

    Synonyms:
    black and white(p)

    Antonyms:
    colour, united, color

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "black-and-white":

    mono, monochrome

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  1. Wesley D'Amico:

    Only a colored look can see a black and white photo.

  2. Emine Gozde Sevim:

    That feeling that became Egypt for me for this period became something of the past very quickly. ... Black and white fit in for that.

  3. Scott Ellsworth:

    It said: first black and white basketball game in college, Duke medical and North Carolina College for Negroes, 1944,' i couldn’t believe my eyes: 1944.

  4. Ronny Chieng:

    We promote Asian storytelling. Not just Asian stories, but Asian people in stories with the full spectrum of the human experience, when you say,' Oh, it's not enough attention on Asians, it's more black and white, that game becomes like you're playing the discrimination Olympics.

  5. Mercutio Southall:

    This is the ugly truth of America. It was there like literally and figuratively in black and white. We saw it. We see it daily, it shows what kind of America we live in now and what kind of America it will be with Trump at the helm.


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