monochromyn.
/ˈmɒnə(ʊ)krəʊmi/, U.S. /ˈmɑnəˌkroʊmi/ The art of painting, printing, or decorating in monochrome. Also in extended use.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > painting according to medium or technique > [noun] > painting in monochrome
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1855 H. Clarke New Dict. Eng. Lang. Monochromy,..painting in one colour.
1879 O. N. Rood Mod. Chromatics xviii. 310 We return now to a brief consideration of monochromy, or decoration in a single colour.
1929 Antiquaries Jrnl. 9 344 Polychromy and monochromy of decoration [of pottery] no longer provide chronological indications.
1989 Los Angeles Times 25 Sept. vi. 3/1 Complex lines blended inappropriately, becoming single, simple musical threads; the entire performance suffered from monochromy.
1998 Nation (Electronic ed.) 29 June Monochromy had been available for literary exploitation since at least 1760, when Laurence Sterne displayed a black square as an emblem of death in..Tristram Shandy.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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