1. Having or appearing to have only one colour
   "The monochrome design of the room was sleek and modern";
   - monochromatic, monochromic, monochromous

1. Painting done in a range of tones of a single colour
   "The artist's monochrome in shades of blue captured the melancholy mood"
    
2. A black-and-white photograph or slide
   "The documentary used monochrome footage from the 1920s";
   - black and white

Derived forms: monochromes

See also: colored [US], colorful [US], coloured [Brit, Cdn], colourful [Brit, Cdn]

Type of: exposure, painting, photo, photograph, pic [informal], piccy [informal], picture

Encyclopedia: Monochrome