Definition of "grisaille" [‖Gri•saille]

• A style of monochromatic painting in shades of gray, used especially for the representation of relief sculpture. (noun)
• A painting or design in this style. (noun)
• Vitrifiable glass paint. (noun)
• A lacy pattern painted on light glass with vitrifiable paint and fired. (noun)

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• "He had noticed that wide double doors, painted in the pale brownish grey called grisaille, formed the further side of the tiny apartment."
• "The thickening branches make a pink 'grisaille' against the blue sky."
• ""grisaille," painted by Uccello, in the fifteenth century, in memory of"