1
: partly black and partly white in color
2
: being in writing or print
3
: executed in dark pigment on a light background or in light pigment on a dark ground
a black-and-white drawing
4
: monochrome sense 2
black-and-white film
black-and-white television
5
a
: sharply divided into good and evil
b
: evaluating or viewing things as either all good or all bad
black-and-white morality
c
: sharply defined : clear-cut
the truth is not always black-and-white
Examples of black-and-white in a Sentence
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Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 6 June 2024
Standard color, black-and-white, and sepia tones are available as well.
—Jim Fisher, PCMAG, 5 June 2024
Rachel Desantis, Peoplemag, 28 Mar. 2023
While most Americans had a TV by the early 1960s, most of those were black-and-white sets.
—Matt Novak, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
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Adjective
But 25 years later, Netflix’s Ripley starring Andrew Scott (Fleabag’s Hot Priest) once again reintroduces the complex criminal, this time in eight sweeping black-and-white episodes written and directed by Oscar-winning screenwriter Steven Zaillian (Schindler’s List).
—Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 6 June 2024
Standard color, black-and-white, and sepia tones are available as well.
—Jim Fisher, PCMAG, 5 June 2024
Noun
Tanaka, 39, chose a sweet black-and-white shot of the couple smiling together to share alongside his birthday message.
—Rachel Desantis, Peoplemag, 28 Mar. 2023
While most Americans had a TV by the early 1960s, most of those were black-and-white sets.
—Matt Novak, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
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“Black-and-white.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/black-and-white. Accessed 9 Jun. 2024.
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