monochrome Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun painting done in a range of tones of a single color
  2. noun a black-and-white photograph or slide
    black and white.
  3. adjective satellite having or appearing to have only one color
    monochromatic; monochromic; monochromous.

WordNet

Mon"o*chrome noun
Etymology
Gr. of one color; single + color: cf. F. monochrome.
Definitions
  1. A painting or drawing in a single color; a picture made with a single color.

Webster 1913