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Monochromic \Mon`o*chro"mic\, a.
Made, or done, with a single color; as, a monochromic
picture. Called also, {monochromatic} and {monochrome}.
[1913 Webster PJC]


Monochromatic \Mon`o*chro*mat"ic\, a. [Cf. F. monochromatique.
See {Monochrome}.]
Consisting of one color, or presenting rays of light of one
color only.
[1913 Webster]

{Monochromatic lamp} (Opt.),a lamp whose flame yields rays of
some one homogenous light. It is of great importance in
optical experiments.
[1913 Webster]


black-and-white \black-and-white\, black and white \black and
white\adj. (Photography, Imaging; Printing)
depicted only in black and white colors, or in shades of
gray; also called {monochromatic} and {monochrome}; -- of
images. Opposite of {color} or {in color}, and contrasting
with {polychrome} {technicolor} {three-color}; as, a
black-and-white TV; black-and-white film; the movie
"Schindler's List" was shot in black and white.

Syn: black and white, monochromatic, monochrome.
[WordNet 1.5]