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Monochromatic vs Underpainting - What's the difference?

monochromatic | underpainting |

As an adjective monochromatic

is having only one color, represented by differing hues and tints for example shades in a black and white television.

As a noun underpainting is

(arts) an initial layer of paint, often monochromatic, applied to a ground as a base for subsequent layers.

monochromatic

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Having only one color, represented by differing hues and tints. For example shades in a black and white television.
  • Perceptive of only one color; unable to distinguish colors; total color blindness.
  • (figuratively) Plain, dull, lifeless.

    • Synonyms

    * (lifeless) See

    Antonyms

    * (single colored) polychromatic, multicolored, colorful, full color. * (single color perceptiveness) polychromatic. * (lifeless) lively, colorful, vivid.

    Related terms

    * monochromacy * monochromat

    underpainting

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia underpainting)
  • (arts) An initial layer of paint, often monochromatic, applied to a ground as a base for subsequent layers.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2007, date=May 13, author=Carol Kino, title=Something There Is That Loves a Wall, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=He would start with a stenciled acrylic underpainting and finish by making marks with the chalk and charcoal shells. }}