BLACK AND WHITE


Meaning of BLACK AND WHITE in English

also black-and-white

1.

In a ~ photograph or film, everything is shown in black, white, and grey.

...old ~ film footage...

The pictures were in ~.

COLOUR

2.

A ~ television set shows only black-and-white pictures.

ADJ: usu ADJ n

3.

A ~ issue or situation is one which involves issues which seem simple and therefore easy to make decisions about.

But this isn’t a simple ~ affair, Marianne...

She saw things in ~.

= clear-cut

ADJ

4.

You say that something is in ~ when it has been written or printed, and not just said.

He’d seen the proof in ~...

PHRASE: PHR after v, v-link PHR

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