Meanings
comparative more black-and-white · superlative most black-and-white · alternative black and white · alternative black-or-white · alternative black/white
- alternativeAlternative form of black and white (when used attributively).
plural black-and-whites · alternative black and white · alternative black-or-white · alternative black/white
- alternativeAlternative form of black and white.
[T]he news bunny ran up to him, saying, "Officer, did you have trouble catching up with Batman? Was it an exciting chase?" The surfer cop struck a semi-heroic pose for the camera and said, "Weak sauce." Then he quickly walked Batman to the black-and-white, where he was put into the backseat.
2006, Joseph Wambaugh, Hollywood Station […], New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 237
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveof a situation that is sharply divided into mutually exclusive categories
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Afrikaans swart-en-wit, swart-en-wit
- swart-en-witusing shades of grey/gray
- swart-en-witdisplaying images in shades of grey/gray
Basque zuribeltz, monokromatiko
- zuribeltzdisplaying images in shades of grey/gray
- monokromatikodisplaying images in shades of grey/gray
Chinese Mandarin 黑白, 黑白
- 黑白 (hēibái)using shades of grey/gray
- 黑白 (hēibái)displaying images in shades of grey/gray
Czech černobílý, černobílý
- černobílýusing shades of grey/gray
- černobílýdisplaying images in shades of grey/gray
Dutch zwart-wit, zwart-wit
- zwart-witusing shades of grey/gray
- zwart-witdisplaying images in shades of grey/gray
Esperanto nigrblanka, negroblanka
- nigrblankausing shades of grey/gray
- negroblankadisplaying images in shades of grey/gray
Finnish mustavalko-, mustavalkoinen
- mustavalko-using shades of grey/gray
- mustavalkoinenusing shades of grey/gray
- mustavalko-displaying images in shades of grey/gray
French noir et blanc, noir et blanc
- noir et blancusing shades of grey/gray
- noir et blancdisplaying images in shades of grey/gray
German schwarzweiß, monochrome
- schwarzweißusing shades of grey/gray
- monochromeusing shades of grey/gray
- schwarzweißdisplaying images in shades of grey/gray
- monochromedisplaying images in shades of grey/gray
Greek ασπρόμαυρος
- ασπρόμαυρος (asprómavros)using shades of grey/gray
Hungarian fekete-fehér
- fekete-fehérusing shades of grey/gray
Italian bianco e nero
- bianco e nerodisplaying images in shades of grey/gray
Japanese 黒白, 白黒
- 黒白 (kuroshiro)using shades of grey/gray
- 白黒 (shirokuro)using shades of grey/gray
- 白黒 (shirokuro)displaying images in shades of grey/gray
Korean 흑백, 흑백
- 흑백 (heukbaek)using shades of grey/gray
- 흑백 (heukbaek)displaying images in shades of grey/gray
Lithuanian nespalvotas
- nespalvotasdisplaying images in shades of grey/gray
Norwegian Bokmål svarthvit, svartkvit
- svarthvitusing shades of grey/gray
- svartkvitusing shades of grey/gray
- svarthvitdisplaying images in shades of grey/gray
- svartkvitdisplaying images in shades of grey/gray
Polish czarno-biały, monochromatyczny
- czarno-białyusing shades of grey/gray
- monochromatycznyusing shades of grey/gray
- czarno-białydisplaying images in shades of grey/gray
- monochromatycznydisplaying images in shades of grey/gray
Portuguese preto e branco, preto e branco
- preto e brancousing shades of grey/gray
- preto e brancodisplaying images in shades of grey/gray
Romanian alb-negru, alb-negru
- alb-negruusing shades of grey/gray
- alb-negrudisplaying images in shades of grey/gray
Russian чёрно-бе́лый, чёрно-бе́лый
- чёрно-бе́лый (čórno-bélyj)using shades of grey/gray
- чёрно-бе́лый (čórno-bélyj)displaying images in shades of grey/gray
Slovak čiernobiely, čiernobiely
- čiernobielyusing shades of grey/gray
- čiernobielydisplaying images in shades of grey/gray
Spanish blanco y negro, blanquinegro
- blanco y negrousing shades of grey/gray
- blanquinegrodisplaying images in shades of grey/gray
Swedish svartvit, svartvit
- svartvitusing shades of grey/gray
- svartvitdisplaying images in shades of grey/gray
Tamil கறுப்பு வெள்ளை, கருப்பு வெள்ளை
- கறுப்பு வெள்ளை (kaṟuppu veḷḷai)using shades of grey/gray
- கருப்பு வெள்ளை (karuppu veḷḷai)using shades of grey/gray
- கறுப்பு வெள்ளை (kaṟuppu veḷḷai)displaying images in shades of grey/gray
- கருப்பு வெள்ளை (karuppu veḷḷai)displaying images in shades of grey/gray
Turkish siyah beyaz
- siyah beyazusing shades of grey/gray
Ukrainian чо́рно-бі́лий, чо́рно-бі́лий
- чо́рно-бі́лий (čórno-bílyj)using shades of grey/gray
- чо́рно-бі́лий (čórno-bílyj)displaying images in shades of grey/gray
Vietnamese mực đen, một màu
- mực đenusing shades of grey/gray
- một màuusing shades of grey/gray
- trắng đendisplaying images in shades of grey/gray
- đen trắngdisplaying images in shades of grey/gray
Cite this entry
black-and-white. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/black-and-white
“black-and-white.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/black-and-white. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “black-and-white,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/black-and-white.
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