Meanings
nounmonochrome (countable and uncountable, plural monochromes)
plural monochromes
- countableuncountableA black and white image, especially such a photograph.
adjectivemonochrome (not comparable)
- not comparableHaving only one colour.
They are often used as decorations, like in set 9526 Star Wars Palpatine Arrest (2012) were two pearl gold monochrome minifigures represent statues.
2019 July 3, Filip, “LEGO Microfigures, Minifigures, and Nanofigures”, in Minifigures Blog, archived from the original on 26 Sep 2021Synonyms: monochromatic, monocolor, monocoloured, monotone, unicolor, unicolored
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveHaving only one colour.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivehaving or appearing to have only one color
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Ancient Greekμονόχρωμος
- Englishmonochrome
From Ancient Greek μονόχρωμος (monókhrōmos), from μόνος (mónos, “one”) + χρῶμα (khrôma, “color”); mono- + -chrome.
More words from Ancient Greek
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian едноцветен
- едноцветен (ednocveten)having only one colour
Catalan monocrom, monocromàtic
- monocromhaving only one colour
- monocromàtichaving only one colour
Danish monokromatisk, ensfarvet
- monokromatiskhaving only one colour
- ensfarvethaving only one colour
Estonian monokroomne
- monokroomnehaving only one colour
Finnish mustavalkokuva, harmaasävykuva
- mustavalkokuvablack and white image
- harmaasävykuvablack and white image
- kameepiirrospainting executed in shades of a single colour
- monokromaattinen maalauspainting executed in shades of a single colour
- yksivärinenhaving only one colour
- mustavalkoinenof a photograph, representing colours with shades of gray
French monochrome, monocolore
- monochromehaving only one colour
- monocolorehaving only one colour
- unicolorehaving only one colour
German Schwarzweißbild, Schwarzweißfotografie
- Schwarzweißbildblack and white image
- Schwarzweißfotografieblack and white image
- einfarbighaving only one colour
- monochromhaving only one colour
Hebrew מונוכרומטי
- מונוכרומטיhaving only one colour
Icelandic einlitur
- einliturhaving only one colour
Irish monacrómatach
- monacrómatachhaving only one colour
Italian monocolore, monocromo
- monocolorehaving only one colour
- monocromohaving only one colour
- unicolorehaving only one colour
Japanese モノクローム, 単色
- モノクローム (monokurōmu)black and white image
- 単色 (tanshoku)having only one colour
- 単色 (tanshoku)of a photograph, representing colours with shades of gray
Malay ekawarna
- ekawarnahaving only one colour
Māori taetahi
- taetahihaving only one colour
Norwegian monokrom, svarthvittbilde
- monokromblack and white image
- svarthvittbildeblack and white image
- ensfargethaving only one colour
- monokromatiskof a photograph, representing colours with shades of gray
- svarthvitof a photograph, representing colours with shades of gray
Persian تکفام
- تکفام (takfâm)having only one colour
Polish czarno-biała fotografia, monochrom
- czarno-biała fotografiablack and white image
- monochrompainting executed in shades of a single colour
- monochromatycznyhaving only one colour
- jednobarwnyhaving only one colour
- czarno-białyof a photograph, representing colours with shades of gray
Portuguese monocolor, monocromático
- monocolorhaving only one colour
- monocromáticohaving only one colour
- monocromohaving only one colour
- unicolorhaving only one colour
Romanian monocrom, monocromatic
- monocromhaving only one colour
- monocromatichaving only one colour
- monocromof a photograph, representing colours with shades of gray
Russian чёрно-белое изображе́ние, однокрасочное изображе́ние
- чёрно-белое изображе́ние (čórno-beloje izobražénije)black and white image
- однокрасочное изображе́ние (odnokrasočnoje)painting executed in shades of a single colour
- монохро́мный (monoxrómnyj)having only one colour
- чёрно-белый (čórno-belyj)having only one colour
- одноцветный (odnocvetnyj)having only one colour
- чёрно-белый (čórno-belyj)of a photograph, representing colours with shades of gray
Spanish imagen monocromática, imagen en blanco y negro
- imagen monocromáticablack and white image
- imagen en blanco y negroblack and white image
- pintura monocromáticapainting executed in shades of a single colour
- monocolorhaving only one colour
- monocromáticohaving only one colour
- monocromohaving only one colour
- unicolorhaving only one colour
- blanco y negroof a photograph, representing colours with shades of gray
- en blanco y negroof a photograph, representing colours with shades of gray
Swedish monokrom
- monokromhaving only one colour
Tagalog sangkulayin
- sangkulayinhaving only one colour
Welsh unlliw
- unlliwblack and white image
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APA
monochrome. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/monochrome
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“monochrome.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/monochrome. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “monochrome,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/monochrome.
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