black-and-white (blăk′ən-wīt, -hwīt)
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Tweet adj. 1. Partially black and partially white: a black-and-white cow. 2. Being in writing or print: black-and-white proof. 3. a. Rendered in black and white or in achromatic colors: a black-and-white drawing. b. Of or relating to the reproduction or presentation of visual images in black and white: black-and-white television; black-and-white photography. 4. Expressing, recognizing, or based on two mutually exclusive sets of ideas or values: black-and-white categories; a black-and-white point of view. |
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black and white
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Tweet n. 1. Writing or print: saw their words in black and white. 2. A color palette, 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. |
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