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+ | [[Image:Black Square by Malevich.jpg|thumb|left|200px|''[[Black Square]]'' (1915) by [[Kazimir Malevich]]]] | ||
+ | [[Image:Combat de nègres dans un tunnel.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[Negroes Fighting in a Tunnel at Night]]'' (1882) by [[Paul Bilhaud]], here shown in the 1887 version [[appropriation|appropriate]]d by [[Alphonse Allais]] as published in ''[[Album primo-avrilesque]]'' (April fool-ish Album)]] | ||
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'''Monochrome''' comes from the two [[Greek language|Greek]] words ''mono'' (μoνο, meaning "only" or "alone"), and ''chroma'' (χρωμα, meaning "color"). A '''monochromatic''' object has a single [[color]]. | '''Monochrome''' comes from the two [[Greek language|Greek]] words ''mono'' (μoνο, meaning "only" or "alone"), and ''chroma'' (χρωμα, meaning "color"). A '''monochromatic''' object has a single [[color]]. | ||
- | + | ==See also== | |
- | == Monochromes in art == | + | *[[Duotone]] – the use of two ink colors in printing |
- | + | *[[Halftone]] – the use of black and white in a pattern that is [[perception|perceived]] as shades of grey (may be extended also to color images) | |
- | * [[Yves_Klein#Monochrome_works|Yves Klein]] | + | *[[Polychrome]] – of multiple colors, the opposite of monochrome |
- | * [[Black-and-white]] | + | *[[Monochromacy]] (color blindness) |
- | * [[Paul Bilhaud]] | + | *[[Selective color]] – use of monochrome and color selectively within an image |
- | * [[Black Square]] | + | *[[Monochrome painting]] – monochromes in art |
- | * [[Color field]] painters | + | ==Examples outside of art== |
- | * [[Lucio Fontana]] | + | *[[The black page in Tristram Shandy]] |
- | * [[Robert Ryman | + | *[[The black plate in Utriusque Cosmi Maioris ]] |
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Monochrome comes from the two Greek words mono (μoνο, meaning "only" or "alone"), and chroma (χρωμα, meaning "color"). A monochromatic object has a single color.
See also
- Duotone – the use of two ink colors in printing
- Halftone – the use of black and white in a pattern that is perceived as shades of grey (may be extended also to color images)
- Polychrome – of multiple colors, the opposite of monochrome
- Monochromacy (color blindness)
- Selective color – use of monochrome and color selectively within an image
- Monochrome painting – monochromes in art
Examples outside of art
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