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BLACK-AND-WHITE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not having or not capable of producing colors
Example:
the movie was in black and white
Synonyms:
black-and-white; black and white
Classified under:
Domain category:
photography; picture taking (the act of taking and printing photographs)
Antonym:
color (having or capable of producing colors)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Of a situation that is sharply divided into mutually exclusive categories
Example:
there were no grey areas, you were either for him or against him, he was all black-and-white
Classified under:
Similar:
divided (separated into parts or pieces)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Lacking hue or shades of grey; part white and part black
Example:
black-and-white stripes
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
achromaticity (the visual property of being without chromatic color)
