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Adjective Of art, a photograph or photography, using shades of grey/gray rather than colour/color. Of a television or monitor, displaying images in shades of grey/gray rather than colour/color. (figuratively, idiomatic) Classifying people, objects or concepts as two polar opposites, especially "right" and "wrong"; dichotomous and inflexible. Alternative form of black and white (easily divided into diametrically opposing camps) Find more words! 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Relying on argument or anecdote for their appeal, these books included only a handful of indifferently reproduced black-and-white plates. This whole thing about a black-and-white culture of knee-jerk reactions is reinforced by television. Their revealing classified information to an uncleared person was a very black-and-white issue. Visitors during the summer of 2002 may expect to see a new black-and-white marble floor in the rotunda beneath the dome. These mostly black-and-white works are widely regarded as key examples of both Op art and kinetic art. See Also What is another word for black-and-white? What is the opposite of black-and-white? 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