Monochromatic vs. Monochrome — What's the Difference?

Having or appearing to have only one color.

A black-and-white image, as in photography or on television.

Of or composed of radiation of only one wavelength

A monochromic image is composed of one color (or values of one color). The term monochrome comes from the Ancient Greek: μονόχρωμος, romanized: monochromos, lit. 'having one color'.

Done in monochrome

A photograph or picture developed or executed in black and white or in varying tones of only one colour.

Exhibiting monochromatism.

(of a photograph or picture, or a television screen) consisting of or displaying images in black and white or in varying tones of only one colour.

Unvarying or dull

A picture, especially a painting, done in different shades of a single color.

Having only one color, represented by differing hues and tints. For example shades in a black and white television.

The art or technique of executing such a picture.

Perceptive of only one color; unable to distinguish colors; total color blindness.

The state of being in a single color.

(figuratively) Plain, dull, lifeless.

A black and white image, especially such a photograph.

Consisting of one color, or presenting rays of light of one color only.

(dated) A painting executed in shades of a single colour.

Of or relating to monochromatism

A ceramic glaze of a single colour; an object so glazed.

(of light or other electromagnetic radiation) having only one wavelength;

Having only one colour.

Having or appearing to have only one color

(photography) Representing colours with shades of gray.

A painting or drawing in a single color; a picture made with a single color.

Painting done in a range of tones of a single color

A black-and-white photograph or slide

Having or appearing to have only one color