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Dichromic vs Monochrome - What's the difference?

dichromic | monochrome |

As adjectives the difference between dichromic and monochrome

is that dichromic is furnishing or giving two colours; said of defective vision, in which all the compound colours are resolvable into two elements instead of three while monochrome is having only one colour.

As a noun monochrome is

a black and white image, especially such a photograph.

dichromic

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Furnishing or giving two colours; said of defective vision, in which all the compound colours are resolvable into two elements instead of three.
    • (Webster 1913)

    monochrome

    English

    (wikipedia monochrome)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A black and white image, especially such a photograph.
  • (dated) A painting executed in shades of a single colour.
  • A ceramic glaze of a single colour; an object so glazed.

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • having only one colour
  • (photography) representing colours with shades of gray

    • Related terms

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