Synonyms for black and white
black and white

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1. black and whiteadjective

   Synonyms:
   greyscale, grayscale, monochrome

2. black and whiteadjective

   Representing colours with pure black and white tones or with shades of gray.

   Synonyms:
   grayscale, monochrome, greyscale

3. black and whitenoun

   Easily divided into diametrically opposing camps or schools of thought.

   Synonyms:
   greyscale, monochrome, grayscale

4. black and whitenoun

   Synonyms:
   panda

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1. written communication, written language, black and whitenoun

   communication by means of written symbols (either printed or handwritten)

   Synonyms:
   monochrome, written communication, written language

   Antonyms:
   color, colour, united

2. black and white, monochromeadjective

   a black-and-white photograph or slide

   Synonyms:
   monochrome, written communication, written language

   Antonyms:
   color, united, colour

3. black-and-whiteadjective

   lacking hue or shades of grey; part white and part black

   "a black-and-white cow"; "black-and-white blooms"; "black-and-white stripes"

   Synonyms:
   black and white(p)

   Antonyms:
   united, colour, color

4. black-and-white, black and white(p)adjective

   not having or not capable of producing colors

   "black-and-white film"; "a black-and-white TV"; "the movie was in black and white"

   Antonyms:
   united, colour, color

5. black-and-whiteadjective

   of a situation that is sharply divided into mutually exclusive categories

   "he rejected a black-and-white world"; "there are no black-and-white certainties"; "there were no grey areas, you were either for him or against him, he was all black-and-white"

   Synonyms:
   black and white(p)

   Antonyms:
   united, colour, color

Matched Categories

1. • Communication
   • Photography

Suggested Resources

1. black and white

   Read the full text of the Black and White poem by Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis on the Poetry.com website.

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1. Pita Taufatofua:

   When you are there in Tonga, everything is lush, it's green, it's blue, it's full of life, when you look at it now, it looks like a 1910 black and white film and everything is covered in ash. It's not the Tonga you remember.

2. Eric Goldstein:

   They were a group that defied easy categorization, and they tended to challenge – and in some cases, upend – the easy definition of American society into the categories of Black and White.

3. Erica Garner:

   This is not a black-and-white issue. This is a national crisis.

4. Al Sharpton:

   The issue of policing is not about Black and White. It's about right and wrong.

5. Xu Hong:

   Some people are trying to change the concept stealthily to confound right and wrong and black and white. They may be able to mislead public opinion for some time but eventually lies are lies and even repeated a thousand times will not become truth.