Monochrome
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Negroes Fighting in a Tunnel at Night (1882) by Paul Bilhaud, here shown in the 1887 version appropriated by Alphonse Allais as published in Album primo-avrilesque (April fool-ish Album)
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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.
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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
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Examples outside of art
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