monochromen.adj.

Brit.

/ˈmɒnə(ʊ)krəʊm/,

/ˌmɒnə(ʊ)ˈkrəʊm/, U.S.

/ˈmɑnəˌkroʊm/

Forms: 1600s–1800s monochrom, 1700s monocrome, 1800s– monochrome.

Origin: A borrowing from Italian. Etymon: Italian monocromo.

Etymology: < Italian monocromo (1598 in Florio as noun in form †monocroma , 1798 as adjective) < mono- mono- comb. form + ancient Greek χρῶμα (see chrome n.), after ancient Greek μονόχρωμος of one colour; compare Hellenistic Greek μονοχρώματος (see monochromatic adj.), ancient Greek μονόχροος (see monochroic adj.). Compare post-classical Latin monochroma image (perhaps a sculpture) in one colour (rare), French monochrome (1634 apparently as noun in an isolated attestation rendering Pliny's use of classical Latin monochrōmatos (see monochromatic adj. and n.), 1765 as adjective).

A. n.

a. A painting executed in different shades of one colour, with representation of light and shade. Also in extended use.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > painting according to medium or technique > [noun] > painting in monochrome > work

monochrome1662

monochromatic1852

1662 J. Evelyn Sculptura iv. 35 Those wretched Gravings..where the Devil is but one great blot..and the rest of the Figures Monochroms as ridiculous.

1760 Ann. Reg. 3 ii. 164/1 Four monocromes which stand first in the catalogue of pictures [from Herculaneum].

1801 H. Fuseli Lect. Painting I. i. 9 Monochrom, or paintings of a single colour.

1849 J. Ruskin Seven Lamps Archit. iv. 132 The Elgin frieze is a monochrom in a state of transition to sculpture.

1866 W. T. Brande & G. W. Cox Dict. Sci., Lit. & Art (new ed.) II. 567/2 A drawing in chiaro-scuro is a monochrome, whether in black and white or in any colour and white... The skiagram or silhouette is not a monochrome, though executed in a single colour.

1881 ‘Camroux’ (title) Una: a physiological study, and Grenard: a monochrome.

1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 970/1 The monochrome of the Visitation..was painted in the autumn of 1524, after Andrea had returned from Luco in Mugello.

c1939 R. F. Goldman (title) Two monochromes for flute alone.

1959 S. Plath Eye-mote in Coll. Poems (1981) 109 Outlandish as double-humped camels or unicorns, Grazing at the margins of a bad monochrome.

1992 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Jan. 136/2 Berri's collection is most remarkable for its monochromes, paintings that consist of one allover color.

b. Ceramics. A paint or glaze of a single colour; an article of pottery so painted or glazed.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > decoration of china > [noun] > materials

slip1640

slop1844

stencil1853

monochrome1858

barbotine1865

trailed slip1957

1858 S. Birch Hist. Anc. Pottery I. 259 A great improvement..was the use of incised lines cut through the colour to relieve the monochrome.

1887 Art Amateur Feb. 66/3 ‘Brun rouge riche’ (deep red brown) and ‘violet de fer’ (violet of iron) make very pretty monochromes if you can adapt these colors to the copies you may have at hand.

1906 S. W. Bushell Chinese Art II. viii. 40 Some of the most brilliant monochromes of the time are plain washes of one of the enamel colours used in polychrome decoration.

1933 Burlington Mag. Nov. 203/1 Monochromes, which may be divided into celadons and semi-celadons, brown-glazed, white-glazed, and black-glazed wares.

1991 Christie's Internat. Mag. Winter 72 (caption) A selection of Imperial monochromes, including: One of a pair of incised aubergine-glazed dishes Yongzheng six-character marks and of the period (1723–35).

c. Photography. A photograph or print in shades of one colour; a black and white photograph or print.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > a photograph > [noun] > monochrome

monochrome1876

mono1983

1876 Harper's Mag. June 56 Engravings or lithographs should never be placed beside colored pictures. The same rule holds good with regard to all monochromes, such as photographs.

1940 Chambers's Techn. Dict. 555/2 Monochrome, a photographic print in one colour of varying brightness.

1979 SLR Camera June 85/1 The Harry Smith Horticultural Photographic Collection at Hyde Hall, in Essex, consisting of around 150,000 colour transparencies and 50,000 monochromes.

1994 PSA Jrnl. Nov. 26 For years, if photographs were displayed as art at all, they were monochromes.

a. Representation in (shades of) one colour; frequently in in monochrome: in (shades of) one colour. Also: the state or quality of being in one colour; an expanse of one colour.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > state or mode of having colour > [noun] > monochrome

self-colour1665

self1817

monochrome1851

monochromatismc1865

mono1977

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > art of colouring > [noun] > representation in one colour

monochrome1851

monotintc1875

monotone1896

monocolour1963

mono1983

1851 Illustr. London News 31 May 493/1 Messrs. Hullmandel, who produce effects in monochrome.

1861 J. Bell Colour on Statues in Jrnl. Soc. Arts 9 424/1 The wonderful groups of the Medici monuments, have come down to us in their native monochrome, untouched by change of tint.

1876 T. Hardy Hand of Ethelberta II. xxxiii. 47 Here grassed hills rose like knuckles gloved in dark olive, and little plantations between them formed a still deeper and sadder monochrome.

1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 108/2 The Armitage Fund..provides two annual prizes..for a design in monochrome for a figure picture.

1958 J. Wain Contenders vi. 129 The moonlight didn't enable one to see colours, but even in monochrome..the effect was tasteful.

1986 B. Geldof Is that It? xiv. 237 Its light had turned the landscape of browns and ochres into a monochrome of black and pearly grey.

b. Photography, Film, and Television. Reproduction in shades of one colour, esp. grey; reproduction in black and white, esp. as opposed to colour. in monochrome: in (shades of) one colour, in black and white.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > filming > special techniques > [noun] > reproduction in black and white

black and white1839

monochrome1902

mono1977

1902 Encycl. Brit. XXXI. 685/1 If a coloured object were illuminated solely by a paraffin light, a print from the negative would give a fair representation of the object in monochrome.

1918 H. Croy How Motion Pictures are Made 294 Relieving the monotony of the monochrome.

1957 Encycl. Brit. XV. 859/2 Monochrome.—For black-and-white photography the principal problem is to make a reasonable compromise between film grain and film speed.

1961 G. Millerson Technique Television Production 128 Colour media can employ both tonal and colour separation, to distinguish between planes. Colour separation may mean nothing when transformed into monochrome.

1987 D. Clandfield Canad. Film iv. 66 The film uses a wide variety of formalizing devices, playing with colour and monochrome, inserting slogans and printed texts [etc.].

3. In extended use: dullness, monotony.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [noun] > state or quality of being wearisome or tedious

irksomeness1533

wearisomeness1579

inanity1603

tediositya1625

drynessa1637

unliveliness1643

flatness1649

tedium1662

tiresomeness1668

aridity1692

languor1741

dullness1751

uninterestingness1794

ponderousness1801

yawniness1805

unimpressiveness1827

slowness1828

grey1830

fadeness1837

woodenness1854

tristeness1866

boresomeness1883

boringness1893

stodginess1899

monochrome1962

1962 Listener 10 May 828/3 A dramatic exaggeration, associated with Verdi and Puccini, inevitably crept into the gentle monochrome.

1996 I. Crichton Smith Human Face 10 O always heaven's precious news must come in courteous monolingual monochrome.

B. adj.

1. Chiefly in Art and Ceramics. Having only one colour; executed in a single colour. Also in extended use.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > state or mode of having colour > [adjective] > monochrome

claurie1486

self1562

whole-coloured1605

concolour1646

unicolorate1657

unicolorous1657

self-coloured1682

single-coloured1703

unicolor1781

monocoloured1798

monochromic1803

unicoloured1811

concolorous1840

monochrome1849

one-coloured1854

monochromous1857

monochroous1857

monotoned1857

unicolour1860

solid1883

sole-coloured1885

monochroic1886

whole1892

whole-colour1896

single-colour1935

monocolour1955

mono1970

monotonal1973

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > art of colouring > [adjective] > executed in one colour

monochromic1803

monochromatic1823

monochrome1849

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > painting according to medium or technique > [adjective] > executed in monochrome

monochrome1849

grisaille1860

the world > relative properties > relationship > uniformity > [adjective]

oneOE

consimilec1400

suinga1425

even?c1425

agreeable1512

uniform1540

consemblable?1541

suant1547

constantc1550

just?1556

similar1563

similary1564

unvaried1570

uniformal1574

consimilar1577

homogeneana1601

homogeneal1603

homogene1607

invariable1607

of a piece1607

undistinguisheda1616

univocal1615

immutable1621

uniformable1632

solemn1639

homogeneous1646

consistent1651

pariformal1651

self-consistent1651

congeniousa1656

level1655

undiversificated1659

equal1663

of one make1674

invarieda1676

congenerous1683

undiversified1684

equable1693

solid1699

consisting1700

tranquil1794

unbranching1826

horizontal1842

sole1845

self-similar1847

homoeomeric1865

equiformal1883

monochrome1970

1849 J. Ruskin Seven Lamps Archit. iv. 133 I have an intense love for these monochrom figures.

1850 J. Leitch tr. K. O. Müller Ancient Art (new ed.) §74 Outline drawing and monochrome painting.

1861 G. W. Thornbury Life J. M. W. Turner II. 89 Some almost monochrome but powerful water-colour Swiss scenes.

1885 Art Amateur Jan. 51/2 (caption) Plaque Monochrome Decoration for China Painting.

1902 Encycl. Brit. XXXI. 685/1 This light-filter..will render all coloured objects in correct monochrome luminosity.

1957 Encycl. Brit. II. 540/1 At Mersin, the burnished and incised monochrome pottery of the Neolithic period was almost entirely replaced by the painted wares.

1970 Daily Tel. 13 Jan. 16 One must have balanced communities; there is nothing worse for society than a monochrome area.

1998 Artist Mar. 52/1 The numerous illustrations include line drawings, half-tone and monochrome examples.

2. Photography, Film, and Television. Reproducing all colours as shades of one colour, esp. grey; black and white, as opposed to colour. Also: of or relating to such reproduction.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > broadcasting > television > visual element > [adjective] > monochrome

monochrome1918

BW1960

black and white1973

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > [adjective] > black and white

black and white1855

monochrome1918

1918 H. Croy How Motion Pictures are Made 290 A strip of Priezma negative differs but slightly from a monochrome film.

1918 H. Croy How Motion Pictures are Made 294 Monochrome effect on the screen is varied successfully by a different process.

1958 Newnes Compl. Amateur Photogr. 144 The monochrome photographer who turns to colour is rather apt to think his old principles still apply.

1979 Amateur Photographer 10 Jan. 110/2 I'd recommend the TLR every time if monochrome prints are the objective, more so when the prints are to over 10 × 8in.

1999 Independent 1 June ii. 8/7 There is a grainy monochrome shot of a set of Nigel's stainless steel pans.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	monochrome
释义	monochromen.adj. Brit. /ˈmɒnə(ʊ)krəʊm/, /ˌmɒnə(ʊ)ˈkrəʊm/, U.S. /ˈmɑnəˌkroʊm/ Forms: 1600s–1800s monochrom, 1700s monocrome, 1800s– monochrome. Origin: A borrowing from Italian. Etymon: Italian monocromo. Etymology: < Italian monocromo (1598 in Florio as noun in form †monocroma , 1798 as adjective) < mono- mono- comb. form + ancient Greek χρῶμα (see chrome n.), after ancient Greek μονόχρωμος of one colour; compare Hellenistic Greek μονοχρώματος (see monochromatic adj.), ancient Greek μονόχροος (see monochroic adj.). Compare post-classical Latin monochroma image (perhaps a sculpture) in one colour (rare), French monochrome (1634 apparently as noun in an isolated attestation rendering Pliny's use of classical Latin monochrōmatos (see monochromatic adj. and n.), 1765 as adjective). A. n. 1. a. A painting executed in different shades of one colour, with representation of light and shade. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > painting according to medium or technique > [noun] > painting in monochrome > work monochrome1662 monochromatic1852 1662 J. Evelyn Sculptura iv. 35 Those wretched Gravings..where the Devil is but one great blot..and the rest of the Figures Monochroms as ridiculous. 1760 Ann. Reg. 3 ii. 164/1 Four monocromes which stand first in the catalogue of pictures [from Herculaneum]. 1801 H. Fuseli Lect. Painting I. i. 9 Monochrom, or paintings of a single colour. 1849 J. Ruskin Seven Lamps Archit. iv. 132 The Elgin frieze is a monochrom in a state of transition to sculpture. 1866 W. T. Brande & G. W. Cox Dict. Sci., Lit. & Art (new ed.) II. 567/2 A drawing in chiaro-scuro is a monochrome, whether in black and white or in any colour and white... The skiagram or silhouette is not a monochrome, though executed in a single colour. 1881 ‘Camroux’ (title) Una: a physiological study, and Grenard: a monochrome. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 970/1 The monochrome of the Visitation..was painted in the autumn of 1524, after Andrea had returned from Luco in Mugello. c1939 R. F. Goldman (title) Two monochromes for flute alone. 1959 S. Plath Eye-mote in Coll. Poems (1981) 109 Outlandish as double-humped camels or unicorns, Grazing at the margins of a bad monochrome. 1992 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Jan. 136/2 Berri's collection is most remarkable for its monochromes, paintings that consist of one allover color. b. Ceramics. A paint or glaze of a single colour; an article of pottery so painted or glazed. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > decoration of china > [noun] > materials slip1640 slop1844 stencil1853 monochrome1858 barbotine1865 trailed slip1957 1858 S. Birch Hist. Anc. Pottery I. 259 A great improvement..was the use of incised lines cut through the colour to relieve the monochrome. 1887 Art Amateur Feb. 66/3 ‘Brun rouge riche’ (deep red brown) and ‘violet de fer’ (violet of iron) make very pretty monochromes if you can adapt these colors to the copies you may have at hand. 1906 S. W. Bushell Chinese Art II. viii. 40 Some of the most brilliant monochromes of the time are plain washes of one of the enamel colours used in polychrome decoration. 1933 Burlington Mag. Nov. 203/1 Monochromes, which may be divided into celadons and semi-celadons, brown-glazed, white-glazed, and black-glazed wares. 1991 Christie's Internat. Mag. Winter 72 (caption) A selection of Imperial monochromes, including: One of a pair of incised aubergine-glazed dishes Yongzheng six-character marks and of the period (1723–35). c. Photography. A photograph or print in shades of one colour; a black and white photograph or print. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > a photograph > [noun] > monochrome monochrome1876 mono1983 1876 Harper's Mag. June 56 Engravings or lithographs should never be placed beside colored pictures. The same rule holds good with regard to all monochromes, such as photographs. 1940 Chambers's Techn. Dict. 555/2 Monochrome, a photographic print in one colour of varying brightness. 1979 SLR Camera June 85/1 The Harry Smith Horticultural Photographic Collection at Hyde Hall, in Essex, consisting of around 150,000 colour transparencies and 50,000 monochromes. 1994 PSA Jrnl. Nov. 26 For years, if photographs were displayed as art at all, they were monochromes. 2. a. Representation in (shades of) one colour; frequently in in monochrome: in (shades of) one colour. Also: the state or quality of being in one colour; an expanse of one colour. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > state or mode of having colour > [noun] > monochrome self-colour1665 self1817 monochrome1851 monochromatismc1865 mono1977 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > art of colouring > [noun] > representation in one colour monochrome1851 monotintc1875 monotone1896 monocolour1963 mono1983 1851 Illustr. London News 31 May 493/1 Messrs. Hullmandel, who produce effects in monochrome. 1861 J. Bell Colour on Statues in Jrnl. Soc. Arts 9 424/1 The wonderful groups of the Medici monuments, have come down to us in their native monochrome, untouched by change of tint. 1876 T. Hardy Hand of Ethelberta II. xxxiii. 47 Here grassed hills rose like knuckles gloved in dark olive, and little plantations between them formed a still deeper and sadder monochrome. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 108/2 The Armitage Fund..provides two annual prizes..for a design in monochrome for a figure picture. 1958 J. Wain Contenders vi. 129 The moonlight didn't enable one to see colours, but even in monochrome..the effect was tasteful. 1986 B. Geldof Is that It? xiv. 237 Its light had turned the landscape of browns and ochres into a monochrome of black and pearly grey. b. Photography, Film, and Television. Reproduction in shades of one colour, esp. grey; reproduction in black and white, esp. as opposed to colour. in monochrome: in (shades of) one colour, in black and white. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > filming > special techniques > [noun] > reproduction in black and white black and white1839 monochrome1902 mono1977 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXXI. 685/1 If a coloured object were illuminated solely by a paraffin light, a print from the negative would give a fair representation of the object in monochrome. 1918 H. Croy How Motion Pictures are Made 294 Relieving the monotony of the monochrome. 1957 Encycl. Brit. XV. 859/2 Monochrome.—For black-and-white photography the principal problem is to make a reasonable compromise between film grain and film speed. 1961 G. Millerson Technique Television Production 128 Colour media can employ both tonal and colour separation, to distinguish between planes. Colour separation may mean nothing when transformed into monochrome. 1987 D. Clandfield Canad. Film iv. 66 The film uses a wide variety of formalizing devices, playing with colour and monochrome, inserting slogans and printed texts [etc.]. 3. In extended use: dullness, monotony. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [noun] > state or quality of being wearisome or tedious irksomeness1533 wearisomeness1579 inanity1603 tediositya1625 drynessa1637 unliveliness1643 flatness1649 tedium1662 tiresomeness1668 aridity1692 languor1741 dullness1751 uninterestingness1794 ponderousness1801 yawniness1805 unimpressiveness1827 slowness1828 grey1830 fadeness1837 woodenness1854 tristeness1866 boresomeness1883 boringness1893 stodginess1899 monochrome1962 1962 Listener 10 May 828/3 A dramatic exaggeration, associated with Verdi and Puccini, inevitably crept into the gentle monochrome. 1996 I. Crichton Smith Human Face 10 O always heaven's precious news must come in courteous monolingual monochrome. B. adj. 1. Chiefly in Art and Ceramics. Having only one colour; executed in a single colour. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > state or mode of having colour > [adjective] > monochrome claurie1486 self1562 whole-coloured1605 concolour1646 unicolorate1657 unicolorous1657 self-coloured1682 single-coloured1703 unicolor1781 monocoloured1798 monochromic1803 unicoloured1811 concolorous1840 monochrome1849 one-coloured1854 monochromous1857 monochroous1857 monotoned1857 unicolour1860 solid1883 sole-coloured1885 monochroic1886 whole1892 whole-colour1896 single-colour1935 monocolour1955 mono1970 monotonal1973 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > art of colouring > [adjective] > executed in one colour monochromic1803 monochromatic1823 monochrome1849 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > painting according to medium or technique > [adjective] > executed in monochrome monochrome1849 grisaille1860 the world > relative properties > relationship > uniformity > [adjective] oneOE consimilec1400 suinga1425 even?c1425 agreeable1512 uniform1540 consemblable?1541 suant1547 constantc1550 just?1556 similar1563 similary1564 unvaried1570 uniformal1574 consimilar1577 homogeneana1601 homogeneal1603 homogene1607 invariable1607 of a piece1607 undistinguisheda1616 univocal1615 immutable1621 uniformable1632 solemn1639 homogeneous1646 consistent1651 pariformal1651 self-consistent1651 congeniousa1656 level1655 undiversificated1659 equal1663 of one make1674 invarieda1676 congenerous1683 undiversified1684 equable1693 solid1699 consisting1700 tranquil1794 unbranching1826 horizontal1842 sole1845 self-similar1847 homoeomeric1865 equiformal1883 monochrome1970 1849 J. Ruskin Seven Lamps Archit. iv. 133 I have an intense love for these monochrom figures. 1850 J. Leitch tr. K. O. Müller Ancient Art (new ed.) §74 Outline drawing and monochrome painting. 1861 G. W. Thornbury Life J. M. W. Turner II. 89 Some almost monochrome but powerful water-colour Swiss scenes. 1885 Art Amateur Jan. 51/2 (caption) Plaque Monochrome Decoration for China Painting. 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXXI. 685/1 This light-filter..will render all coloured objects in correct monochrome luminosity. 1957 Encycl. Brit. II. 540/1 At Mersin, the burnished and incised monochrome pottery of the Neolithic period was almost entirely replaced by the painted wares. 1970 Daily Tel. 13 Jan. 16 One must have balanced communities; there is nothing worse for society than a monochrome area. 1998 Artist Mar. 52/1 The numerous illustrations include line drawings, half-tone and monochrome examples. 2. Photography, Film, and Television. Reproducing all colours as shades of one colour, esp. grey; black and white, as opposed to colour. Also: of or relating to such reproduction. ΘΚΠ society > communication > broadcasting > television > visual element > [adjective] > monochrome monochrome1918 BW1960 black and white1973 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > [adjective] > black and white black and white1855 monochrome1918 1918 H. Croy How Motion Pictures are Made 290 A strip of Priezma negative differs but slightly from a monochrome film. 1918 H. Croy How Motion Pictures are Made 294 Monochrome effect on the screen is varied successfully by a different process. 1958 Newnes Compl. Amateur Photogr. 144 The monochrome photographer who turns to colour is rather apt to think his old principles still apply. 1979 Amateur Photographer 10 Jan. 110/2 I'd recommend the TLR every time if monochrome prints are the objective, more so when the prints are to over 10 × 8in. 1999 Independent 1 June ii. 8/7 There is a grainy monochrome shot of a set of Nigel's stainless steel pans. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.adj.1662
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