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Definition of "black and white" []

  • Writing or print: saw their words in black and white. (noun)
  • A visual medium, as in photography or printmaking, employing only black and white or black, white, and values of gray: a film shot in black and white; a painting reproduced in black and white. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "black and white" in a sentence
  • "FIFTYSOMETHING AND BEYOND Color floral prints are fine, but black and white florals reign supreme."
  • "Rather than put on what I wore before, I don an even grander ensemble of black and white silk brocade embroidered over every inch with thread of gold."
  • "Arrayed with contemporary, apartment-style furnishings, many of them black and white the walls were pale plaster, the place was tidy, perhaps—like the boat—too tidy."