black-and-white

black-and-white
black-and-white [blak′ən hwīt′, blak′ənwīt′]
adj.
1. set down in writing or print
2. partly black and partly white [a black-and-white tie]
3.
a) reproduced, rendered, etc. in black, white, and gray rather than in chromatic colors [a black-and-white print]
b) producing images in black, white, and gray [a black-and-white TV set]
4. of or based on absolute values that are exactly opposite [an issue seen only in black-and-white terms of right or wrong]
n.
1. a black-and-white photograph
2. Slang a police patrol car

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