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Tonality vs Monochromatic - What's the difference?

tonality | monochromatic |

As a noun tonality

is (music) the system of seven tones built on a tonic key; the 24 major and minor scales.

As an adjective monochromatic is

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

tonality

English

Noun

(wikipedia tonality) (tonalities)
  • (music) The system of seven tones built on a tonic key; the 24 major and minor scales.
  • (music) A sound of specific pitch and quality; timbre.
  • (music) The quality of all the tones in a composition heard in relation to the tonic.
  • The interrelation of the tones in a painting.

    • 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