Synonyms for black-and-white
black-and-white

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1. black-and-whiteadjective

   Synonyms:
   monochrome

   Antonyms:
   colour, color

2. black-and-whiteadjective

   Of art, a photograph or photography, using shades of grey/gray rather than colour/color.

   Synonyms:
   monochrome

   Antonyms:
   color, colour

3. black-and-whiteadjective

   Of a television or monitor, displaying images in shades of grey/gray rather than colour/color.

   Synonyms:
   monochrome

   Antonyms:
   color, colour

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1. written communication, written language, black and whitenoun

   communication by means of written symbols (either printed or handwritten)

   Synonyms:
   monochrome, written communication, written language, black and white

   Antonyms:
   color, united, colour

2. black and white, monochromeadjective

   a black-and-white photograph or slide

   Synonyms:
   monochrome, written communication, written language, black and white

   Antonyms:
   united, color, colour

3. black-and-whiteadjective

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

   "a black-and-white cow"; "black-and-white blooms"; "black-and-white stripes"

   Synonyms:
   black and white(p)

   Antonyms:
   color, colour, united

4. black-and-white, black and white(p)adjective

   not having or not capable of producing colors

   "black-and-white film"; "a black-and-white TV"; "the movie was in black and white"

   Antonyms:
   color, colour, united

5. black-and-whiteadjective

   of a situation that is sharply divided into mutually exclusive categories

   "he rejected a black-and-white world"; "there are no black-and-white certainties"; "there were no grey areas, you were either for him or against him, he was all black-and-white"

   Synonyms:
   black and white(p)

   Antonyms:
   colour, united, color

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1. List of paraphrases for "black-and-white":

   mono, monochrome

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1. Vadim Ismakaev:

   This whole information strategy that Russia has been implementing now for many years — it’s doing its job and it goes to show you just how dangerous something like this is, even when something is so black and white, it's still possible to make a large chunk of the population be either indifferent or be on the wrong side of the story.

2. Alexandra Block:

   There's so much weaselly language about how officers should you know, consider the totality of the circumstances or consider alternatives to chasing people, but there aren't enough black and white rules that officers must follow, and so you get officers in the split-second decision-making circumstances where if they haven't been trained on either yes chase somebody, or don't chase somebody under a circumstance, they are likely to make a wrong decision.

3. Wesley D'Amico:

   Imagination transforms the black and white photo into a colorful keepsake.

4. Jeff Golden:

   The book was written by a very passionate 20-year-old who saw the world in very black-and-white terms, we age, but I’ll stand by it as a 20-year-old’s book.

5. Erica Garner:

   This is not a black-and-white issue. This is a national crisis.