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Definition of monochrome in English: monochromenoun ˈmɒnəkrəʊmmɒnə(ʊ)ˈkrəʊmˈmɑnəˌkroʊm 1A photograph or picture developed or executed in black and white or in varying tones of only one colour. Example sentencesExamples - On the other hand, the deep, rich Clear Blue #1 seems at first a pure monochrome; on closer view, varnishlike swirls of wax can be seen as they catch light from certain vantage points.
- He draws the projected image, turns the lights back on and slowly brings the painting up from a monochrome to a colored underpainting.
- At first glance, they resemble a suite of Minimalist monochromes.
- Of the fours works that Stenclova presented in New York, the most striking was Green Cycle, a grouping of four monochromes.
- However, Kuwayama's interest in perfect geometric form was already manifest in the monochromes he painted following his 1958 arrival in New York City.
- These monochromes were seductive, their surfaces smooth and shimmering.
- The new works may be her most reserved and elegant since the monochromes (such as charcoal on vellum) that she made in the late '80s.
- Some eighteenth-century Chinese ceramics with monochrome glazes and iridescent surfaces influenced his glazes, which were primarily iridescent monochromes punctuated with crystals.
- In subsequent works, he geometrically structured the stippled monochromes to toy with color contrasts.
- Pioneering monochromes by Malevich, Rodchenko, Reinhardt, Klein and Ryman employ just one color, unlike many later examples that feature a dominant but not single hue.
- This piece also reflects the fact that colors and surfaces change over time, so that monochromes frequently evolve into polychromes, or lose their original texture, hue or intensity.
- The installation established a quiet pulsation, the result of the two sizes in which Rudolf de Crignis paints his monochromes - either 60 inches square or 30 inches square.
- All the images are mechanically produced by a sub-photographic process that can yield monochromes in brown, blue or red.
- Rose's exemplary essay on the history and meaning of the monochrome in the superbly designed catalogue is both factually enlightening and philosophically thought-provoking.
- It's in the middle of the far wall, to the left of the monochromes.
- His earlier enlargements of these miniature monochromes have given way to increasingly complex compositions.
- A splendid white monochrome, Number 94, consists mainly of the paper-cast shells of objects.
- When looked at from the sides it seemed to be a near monochrome, but it also evoked vast expanses of lava seen from afar.
- I think he must have seen Rothko's last great monochromes in 1969, just before his suicide.
- In July 3, the rocky coastline they both share is a near monochrome of pale blues that darken in the rocks and billowing clouds as though illuminated by moonlight.
Synonyms in credit, in funds, debt-free, out of debt, solvent, financially sound, able to pay one's debts, creditworthy, of good financial standing, solid, secure, profit-making, profitable - 1.1mass noun Representation or reproduction in black and white or in varying tones of only one colour.
Example sentencesExamples - With a film like this one, the monochrome is the main reason why we feel any manner of menace.
- I'm just trying to buy a pair of size 6 basketball shoes in black monochrome.
- After compiling mosaics of Titan's surface from the triplets, the amateurs converted these from two-dimensional monochrome to three-dimensional color.
- It is a picture in monochrome, in desperate need of the colours that will come as spring progresses.
- At first he transcribed just broad areas of dark tone in monochrome.
- ‘Making a film in monochrome is one of my little obsessions,’ says Payne.
- Maybe you vividly remember watching the occasion unfold in monochrome as you crowded round a black and white TV with family and friends.
- If one was tempted to conclude that he was at his best when working on a smaller budget, in monochrome, and in the English context, his next three films challenged such a contention.
- Shot entirely in monochrome, the film consists of 11 short scenes, set in diners and cafés across America.
- It is photographed in glamorous monochrome that mixes black and white and all pearly shades in between.
- Whether shot in stark monochrome, or with heavily filtered colour coding, they always feature handheld camerawork that is queasily mobile.
- Its monochrome is magnificent, with minimal defects or mastering mistakes.
- At least the monochrome is sharp and the image appears focused.
- Don't lose the old black-and-white archive. Films still get made in monochrome.
- The third series was taped in colour but first screened in black and white because they still broadcast in monochrome at that time.
- She felt as if she had left all colour behind, that from now on she would see the world in monochrome.
- I love the way it reduces everything to monochrome and allows you to focus on shape and texture.
- I see most things in monochrome, and I know why dogs look melancholy most of the time.
- Presented in harsh monochrome, the farm is given a timeless artistic quality.
- The use of monochrome throughout this film is, as in Rumblefish, an expression of this.
adjective ˈmɒnəkrəʊmmɒnə(ʊ)ˈkrəʊmˈmɑnəˌkroʊm (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. Example sentencesExamples - The trading pits have stained maroon carpets and monochrome screens.
- These documentary pictures and the monochrome paintings exist side by side in an uneasy tension.
- He also bemoaned today's monochrome screens and small displays.
- The difference between the two is simply that the m505 offers a colour screen, while the m500 has a monochrome display.
- Designer Chris Levine's blue monochrome portrait shows the monarch wearing a crown, pearls and an ermine cape.
- The twins in the monochrome pictures are precisely the four pairs that Joseph had heard about and named in his book.
- On the other side an eye-level monochrome picture frieze is partnered by desk-height display cases which tell the story in words, pictures and objects.
- A few seconds later, the light flicked off and the screen lit up, replacing my reflection with an illuminated monochrome photo of a badly beaten man.
- A monochrome picture of one of Swindon's car parks, in Villett Street, bagged him third place.
- I also thought that as a monochrome print it would convey a greater feeling of timelessness.
- In her abstract, almost monochrome pictures, she traps time, as she records the processes of pictorial creation.
- At least the full screen monochrome images are first rate.
- The monochrome screen is not backlit, and there are just 2 megabytes of memory.
- Klein's multidisciplinary project of the 1950s included monochrome painting, writing, martial arts, performance, musical composition and film.
- Many of those early devices had very poor image quality and monochrome displays.
- All photographs are monochrome, which, although fine for electron micrographs, is perhaps a little restrictive for modern light microscopy.
- He can attest to the fact that the 1.33:1 full screen monochrome image is sharp with nice contrast and is almost always clear.
- The full screen monochrome image is bright, crisp, and nearly defect free.
- Similarly, many monochrome paintings are at once flat planes and deep wells of color.
- The images are displayed on monochrome screens on the flight deck and on the lower deck.
Synonyms boring, monotonous, dull, deadly dull, uninteresting, unexciting, unvaried, unvarying, lacking variety, mind-numbing, mindless, soul-destroying, soulless, humdrum, dreary, ho-hum, mundane, wearisome, wearying, tiresome, soporific, dry, as dry as dust, arid, lifeless, colourless, uninspired, uninspiring, flat, plodding, slow, banal, vapid, insipid, bland, lacklustre, prosaic, run-of-the-mill, pedestrian, jejune, leaden, heavy
Origin Mid 17th century: based on Greek monokhrōmatos 'of a single colour'. Definition of monochrome in US English: monochromenounˈmänəˌkrōmˈmɑnəˌkroʊm 1A photograph or picture developed or executed in black and white or in varying tones of only one color. Example sentencesExamples - Pioneering monochromes by Malevich, Rodchenko, Reinhardt, Klein and Ryman employ just one color, unlike many later examples that feature a dominant but not single hue.
- In July 3, the rocky coastline they both share is a near monochrome of pale blues that darken in the rocks and billowing clouds as though illuminated by moonlight.
- At first glance, they resemble a suite of Minimalist monochromes.
- Of the fours works that Stenclova presented in New York, the most striking was Green Cycle, a grouping of four monochromes.
- The installation established a quiet pulsation, the result of the two sizes in which Rudolf de Crignis paints his monochromes - either 60 inches square or 30 inches square.
- However, Kuwayama's interest in perfect geometric form was already manifest in the monochromes he painted following his 1958 arrival in New York City.
- The new works may be her most reserved and elegant since the monochromes (such as charcoal on vellum) that she made in the late '80s.
- All the images are mechanically produced by a sub-photographic process that can yield monochromes in brown, blue or red.
- These monochromes were seductive, their surfaces smooth and shimmering.
- It's in the middle of the far wall, to the left of the monochromes.
- He draws the projected image, turns the lights back on and slowly brings the painting up from a monochrome to a colored underpainting.
- This piece also reflects the fact that colors and surfaces change over time, so that monochromes frequently evolve into polychromes, or lose their original texture, hue or intensity.
- Rose's exemplary essay on the history and meaning of the monochrome in the superbly designed catalogue is both factually enlightening and philosophically thought-provoking.
- His earlier enlargements of these miniature monochromes have given way to increasingly complex compositions.
- On the other hand, the deep, rich Clear Blue #1 seems at first a pure monochrome; on closer view, varnishlike swirls of wax can be seen as they catch light from certain vantage points.
- I think he must have seen Rothko's last great monochromes in 1969, just before his suicide.
- Some eighteenth-century Chinese ceramics with monochrome glazes and iridescent surfaces influenced his glazes, which were primarily iridescent monochromes punctuated with crystals.
- In subsequent works, he geometrically structured the stippled monochromes to toy with color contrasts.
- When looked at from the sides it seemed to be a near monochrome, but it also evoked vast expanses of lava seen from afar.
- A splendid white monochrome, Number 94, consists mainly of the paper-cast shells of objects.
Synonyms in credit, in funds, debt-free, out of debt, solvent, financially sound, able to pay one's debts, creditworthy, of good financial standing, solid, secure, profit-making, profitable - 1.1 Representation or reproduction in black and white or in varying tones of only one color.
Example sentencesExamples - At first he transcribed just broad areas of dark tone in monochrome.
- After compiling mosaics of Titan's surface from the triplets, the amateurs converted these from two-dimensional monochrome to three-dimensional color.
- Presented in harsh monochrome, the farm is given a timeless artistic quality.
- I'm just trying to buy a pair of size 6 basketball shoes in black monochrome.
- The third series was taped in colour but first screened in black and white because they still broadcast in monochrome at that time.
- It is a picture in monochrome, in desperate need of the colours that will come as spring progresses.
- If one was tempted to conclude that he was at his best when working on a smaller budget, in monochrome, and in the English context, his next three films challenged such a contention.
- The use of monochrome throughout this film is, as in Rumblefish, an expression of this.
- I see most things in monochrome, and I know why dogs look melancholy most of the time.
- Don't lose the old black-and-white archive. Films still get made in monochrome.
- ‘Making a film in monochrome is one of my little obsessions,’ says Payne.
- She felt as if she had left all colour behind, that from now on she would see the world in monochrome.
- Whether shot in stark monochrome, or with heavily filtered colour coding, they always feature handheld camerawork that is queasily mobile.
- With a film like this one, the monochrome is the main reason why we feel any manner of menace.
- Maybe you vividly remember watching the occasion unfold in monochrome as you crowded round a black and white TV with family and friends.
- It is photographed in glamorous monochrome that mixes black and white and all pearly shades in between.
- I love the way it reduces everything to monochrome and allows you to focus on shape and texture.
- Shot entirely in monochrome, the film consists of 11 short scenes, set in diners and cafés across America.
- At least the monochrome is sharp and the image appears focused.
- Its monochrome is magnificent, with minimal defects or mastering mistakes.
adjectiveˈmänəˌkrōmˈmɑnəˌkroʊm (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 color. Example sentencesExamples - A few seconds later, the light flicked off and the screen lit up, replacing my reflection with an illuminated monochrome photo of a badly beaten man.
- The difference between the two is simply that the m505 offers a colour screen, while the m500 has a monochrome display.
- A monochrome picture of one of Swindon's car parks, in Villett Street, bagged him third place.
- Klein's multidisciplinary project of the 1950s included monochrome painting, writing, martial arts, performance, musical composition and film.
- The full screen monochrome image is bright, crisp, and nearly defect free.
- Many of those early devices had very poor image quality and monochrome displays.
- All photographs are monochrome, which, although fine for electron micrographs, is perhaps a little restrictive for modern light microscopy.
- The monochrome screen is not backlit, and there are just 2 megabytes of memory.
- He also bemoaned today's monochrome screens and small displays.
- Similarly, many monochrome paintings are at once flat planes and deep wells of color.
- These documentary pictures and the monochrome paintings exist side by side in an uneasy tension.
- He can attest to the fact that the 1.33:1 full screen monochrome image is sharp with nice contrast and is almost always clear.
- On the other side an eye-level monochrome picture frieze is partnered by desk-height display cases which tell the story in words, pictures and objects.
- The images are displayed on monochrome screens on the flight deck and on the lower deck.
- The trading pits have stained maroon carpets and monochrome screens.
- In her abstract, almost monochrome pictures, she traps time, as she records the processes of pictorial creation.
- The twins in the monochrome pictures are precisely the four pairs that Joseph had heard about and named in his book.
- At least the full screen monochrome images are first rate.
- Designer Chris Levine's blue monochrome portrait shows the monarch wearing a crown, pearls and an ermine cape.
- I also thought that as a monochrome print it would convey a greater feeling of timelessness.
Synonyms boring, monotonous, dull, deadly dull, uninteresting, unexciting, unvaried, unvarying, lacking variety, mind-numbing, mindless, soul-destroying, soulless, humdrum, dreary, ho-hum, mundane, wearisome, wearying, tiresome, soporific, dry, as dry as dust, arid, lifeless, colourless, uninspired, uninspiring, flat, plodding, slow, banal, vapid, insipid, bland, lacklustre, prosaic, run-of-the-mill, pedestrian, jejune, leaden, heavy
Origin Mid 17th century: based on Greek monokhrōmatos ‘of a single color’. |