monochromatic

CEFRB2

/mˌɑnəkroʊˈmætɪk/

adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Using or showing only one color or shades of one color.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Perceptive of only one color; unable to distinguish colors; total color blindness.

Examples

  • Hopefully our world will never become monolingual, monocultural or monochromatic!

  • Yanni decided to adopt a monochromatic palette.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. Plain, dull, lifeless.

  2. Having only one color, represented by differing hues and tints. For example shades in a black and white television.

More examples

In context

  • Let's not […] lose our sense of boyish fun and daring, but let's at least begin to assert ourselves in the world, to impose our vision of sex and affection and spirit more and more upon the monochromatic Fatherland.

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Origin

adjective

From mono- + chromatic, mono- from Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “alone, only, sole, single”), chromatic from Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma, “color”).