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Monochrome vs Dichromatic - What's the difference?

monochrome | dichromatic |

As adjectives the difference between monochrome and dichromatic

is that monochrome is having only one colour while dichromatic is having two colors.

As a noun monochrome

is a black and white image, especially such a photograph.

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

    * monochromatic ----

    dichromatic

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • having two colors.
  • (pathology) having a form of colorblindness in which only two of the three primary colors can be distinguished
  • (zoology) having two independent channels for conveying color information in the eye.
  • (biology) occurring or existing in two different ornamentations or colors, typically as a form of sexual dimorphism.
  • (optics) having two hues, either of which may be visible depending on both the concentration of the absorbing substance and the depth or thickness of the medium traversed, such as in pumpkin seed oil. A form of polychromatism.
  • (optics) exhibiting dichroism; dichroic.

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    External links

    * (dichromacy) * (sexual dimorphism) (section: ) * (dichromatism) (optics)