BLACK-AND-WHITE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Not having or not capable of producing colors

Example:

the movie was in black and white

Synonyms:

black-and-white; black and white

Classified under:

Adjectives

Domain category:

photography; picture taking (the act of taking and printing photographs)

Antonym:

color (having or capable of producing colors)

Meaning:

Of a situation that is sharply divided into mutually exclusive categories

Example:

there were no grey areas, you were either for him or against him, he was all black-and-white

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

divided (separated into parts or pieces)

Meaning:

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

Example:

black-and-white stripes

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

achromaticity (the visual property of being without chromatic color)