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Definition of 'black-and-white'

Adjective

  1. lacking hue or shades of grey; part white and part black; "a black-and-white cow"; "black-and-white blooms"; "black-and-white stripes"
  2. not having or not capable of producing colors; "black-and-white film"; "a black-and-white TV"; "the movie was in black and white"
       Synonyms: black and white
       Antonyms: color colour
  3. of a situation that is sharply divided into mutually exclusive categories; "he rejected a black-and-white world"; "there are no black-and-white certainties"; "there were no grey areas, you were either for him or against him, he was all black-and-white"
  4. having spots or patches (small areas of contrasting color or texture); "a field patched with ice and snow"; "the wall had a spotty speckled effect"; "a black-and-white spotted cow"
       Synonyms: patched spotty spotted


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