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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
mono·chrome
I

 \\ˈmä-nə-ˌkrōm\\ noun
 ETYMOLOGY  Medieval Latin monochroma, from Latin, feminine of monochromos of one color, from Greek monochrōmos, from mon- + -chrōmos -chrome
 DATE  1662
: a painting, drawing, or photograph in a single hue
• mono·chro·mic 
 \\ˌmä-nə-ˈkrō-mik\\ adjective
• mono·chrom·ist 
 \\ˈmä-nə-ˌkrō-mist\\ noun

II
adjective
 DATE  1849
1. of, relating to, or made with a single color or hue
2. involving or producing visual images in a single color or in varying tones of a single color (as gray)
    monochrome film
    monochrome television monitor
English Etymology
monochrome
  1662, "painting or drawing done in different tints of a single color," from Gk. monochromos "of a single color," from monos "single, alone" + khroma (gen. khromatos) "color, complexion, skin." Photographic sense is recorded from 1940.
Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7
monochrome
mono·chrome 5mCnEkrEumNAmE 5mB:nEkroum / adjective1. (of photographs, etc. 摄影等) using only black, white and shades of grey
   黑白的:
    monochrome illustrations / images 
   黑白插图/肖像 
  (figurative) a dull monochrome life 
   枯燥单调的生活 
2. using different shades of one colour
   单色的
 mono·chro·mat·ic 7mCnEkrE5mAtikNAmE 7mB:nEkrou5m- / adj.:
   a monochromatic colour scheme 
   单一色彩的调配 
 mono·chrome noun [U] :
   an artist who works in monochrome 
   从事单色绘画的艺术家 
Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged
mono·chrome
I. \ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌkrōm\ noun
Etymology: Medieval Latin monochroma, from Latin, feminine of monochromos of one color, from Greek monochrōmos, from mon- + -chrōmos -chrome
1. : a painting or drawing in a single hue
2. : a photograph made with a single hue
3. : 
monochromy
II. adjective
1. : of, relating to, or made with a single color or hue
2. of pottery : painted a usually dark color that contrasts with the usually light color of the body clay — compare 
polychrome
3. : 
metachrome
 2
III. adjective
: 
black-and-white
 4b

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