Black And White

Definition: Black And White

Black And White

Adjective

1. (photography) "black-and-white film"; "a black-and-white TV"; "the movie was in black and white".

Noun

1. The result of the printing process.

2. A black-and-white photograph or slide.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Slang in 1811

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Black And White

Contrariety

Adjective: contrary, contrarious, contrariant; opposite, counter, dead against; converse, reverse; opposed, contrasted, antipodean, antagonistic, opposing; conflicting, inconsistent, contradictory, at cross purposes; negative; hostile. differing toto coelo; diametrically opposite; diametrically opposed; as opposite as black and white, as opposite as light and darkness, as opposite as fire and water, as opposite as the poles; as different as night and day; " Hyperion to a satyr"; quite the contrary, quite the reverse;no such thing, just the other way, tout au contraire.

Record

Verb: record; put on record, place on record; chronicle, calendar, hand down to posterity; keep up the memory; (remember); commemorate; (celebrate); report; (inform); write, commit to writing, reduce to writing; put in writing, set down in writing, writing in black and white; put down, jot down, take down, write down, note down, set down; note, minute, put on paper; take note, make a note, take minute, take memorandum; make a return.

Writing

Adjective: writing; Verb: written; Verb: in writing, in black and white; under one's hand.

Crosswords: Black And White

You've never seen a black and white before (Mulan; writing credit: Robert D. San Souci; Rita Hsiao)

You see, Elaine, the key to eating a black and white cookie is that you wanna get some black and some white in each bite (Seinfeld; writing credit: Andreas Lenze; Bea Schmidt)

We do look smashing in black and white. (Clueless; writing credit: Cuauhtémoc Blanco; Caridad Bravo Adams)

No, I'm talking about what you really want like right now, like revenge on the one legged bitch in black and white! (The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys; writing credit: Jeff Stockwell)

I'm not finished now we've been friends and we can go on being friends, but when it comes to black and white and all the other wonderful thoughts you have in between, put a lid on that, Archie (All in the Family; writing credit: Johnny Speight; Norman Lear)

There was a lot of fights between the black and white (MY HOMETOWN; performing artist: Bruce Springsteen)

One fly tune to have black and white vibe in one room (Music; performing artist: Erick Sermon)

Some movie in black and white (Hemorrhage (in my hands); performing artist: Fuel)

And everything looks worse in black and white (Kodachrome; performing artist: Paul Simon; writing credit: Paul Simon)

In black and white (Shout; performing artist: Tears For Fears)

Black and White Burlesque (1960)

The Black and White Minstrel Show (1958)

Black and White in South Africa (1957)

A Symphony in Black and White (1912)

Black and White (1910)

Black and White (performing artist: Three Dog Night)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Basic Developing & Printing in Black and White (Kodak Publication, Aj-2.) (reference)

• When Race Becomes Real: Black and White Writers Confront their Personal Histories (reference)

• Black and white shaded drawing : a course of exercises (reference)

• Black and White (Voyages (Santa Rosa, Calif.).) (reference)

• Clip Art Graphics for People Who Use Wheelchairs/Contains 52 Black and White Graphics for MacIntosh and IBM/Compatible (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Walt Disney Treasures - Mickey Mouse in Black and White (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

High Tech

• KODAK 400BW Portra Black and White 35MM Film ? 36 Exposures (5-Pack) (reference)

• CRU 3.5" Hard Disk Drive Universal Mounting Kit with Black and White Bezel (reference)

• KONICA BY52016 Disposable Black and White Camera with Flash (reference)

• Hidden Camera Solutions RW-100 Remote Witness Single-Cam Video Capture Card in Black and White (reference)

• Polaroid i-zone Black and White Marble Acrylic Magnet Photo Frame (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

A black male doctor advises a female patient in an office. Both are seated opposite each other at a desk. Black and white photo and slides show the doctor's face over the woman's shoulder. The color shot is the reverse angle. See artwork: GR-42. Credit: Bill Branson (photographer).

The image shows a black and white photo of a CAT scan of a human brain of a patient with AIDS. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

A black and white photograph of a female lab technician seated at a lab bench observing a Petri dish culture. Credit: CDC.

This black and white picture of Jupiter, taken in green light at 1:14 a.m. on the 11th ... Credit: NASA.

Black and white images of five smaller satellites of Saturn. Credit: NASA.

American Oystercatchers are the black and white birds with the reddish-orange beaks. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Black and white Labroides sp. wrasse with Syngathidae sp. Pipefish. Credit: The Coral Kingdom.

Black and white vista of river and forest. Credit: Unknown.

Black and White phot of a group of millor rail workers posing. Credit: Unknown.

Black and white wash and tempera drawing of a Labrador retriever carrying a Mallard by Maynard Reece, the first artist to win the competition three times. Return to the Federal Duck Stamp Office Home Page.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Health

In cases of similar clinical presentation, however, adjuvant treatment confers similar benefits to black and white women. (references)

On the other hand, recent evidence demonstrates that the gap in the incidence of cervical cancer between black and white women under age 50 is disappearing, suggesting that the rate of screening has increased among young black women. (references)

Economic History

Indonesia

In those same newspapers, the same black and white ad ranged from about US$230 to about US$560. (references)

South Africa

Americans and South Africans also have many nongovernmental ties; for example, black and white American missionaries have a long history of activity in South Africa. (references)

Travel

Ghana

They range from the simple black and white, standard 2" x 3.5" cards, to colorful, oversized, multi-colored cards with fancy logos. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "black and white": in black and white ♦ put smth. down in black and white ♦ set smth. down in black and white ♦ work in black and white. Additional references.

Albanian

të zezë mbi të bardhë (in black and white). (various references)

Arabic 

‏أسود أبيض. (various references)

Bulgarian 

състоящ се само от крайности, напечатан, написан (written). (various references)

Chinese 

白紙黑字 (in black and white). (various references)

Czech

èernobílý (in black and white). (various references)

Danish

en arbejdsspaending ( driftsspaending ) paa 20 kV er hoejere end den, der anvendes i de fleste sort-hvide fjernsynsmodtagere (an operating voltage of 2O kV is higher than that used on most black and white sets). (various references)

Dutch

bedrijfsspanning (werkspanning) van 2O kV is meer dan voor zwart-witontvangers gebruikelijk is (an operating voltage of 2O kV is higher than that used on most black and white sets). (various references)

Finnish

mustavalkoinen, mustan ja valkoisen kirjava. (various references)

French

dessin en noir et blanc. (various references)

German

schwarzweiß (monochrome). (various references)

Greek 

γραπτώσ. (various references)

Hebrew 

שחור על �'בי לבן (in black and white). (various references)

Hungarian

tusrajz, ceruzarajz (crayon drawing). (various references)

Italian

in bianco e nero. (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

�'白 (right and wrong), 白�' . (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

しろくろ, くろしろ (right and wrong), �"くびゃく (right and wrong), �"くはく (acknowledgement, confession, cruel, inhumane, right and wrong). (various references)

Pig Latin

ackblay anday itewhay.(various references)

Portuguese

preto no branco, preto e branco. (various references)

Romanian

scrie ceva negru pe alb (put smth. down in black and white, set smth. down in black and white), lucra în creion (work in black and white). (various references)

Russian 

черно-белый (black-and-white, in black and white). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

crno-beli (black: in black and white). (various references)

Spanish

por escrito (in black and white), en blanco y negro. (various references)

Swedish

skriftligt (in black and white, in written). (various references)

Turkish

basılı şey, siyah beyaz resim. (various references)

Ukrainian

чорно-білий, непримиренно, письмовий (epistolary, graphic, written). (various references)

Vietnamese 

bức vẽ mực đen phim đen trắng ánh đen trắng trên giấy trắng mực đen. (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-4 letters: antiblack, baldachin, blackhead, cadential, cantabile, chatelain, enchilada, thinkable, watchable, watchband, whaleback.

-5 letters: abdicate, abidance, achenial, analcite, anthelia, anticked, antileak, backdate, backhand, backland, balanced, bidental, blanched, dawnlike, dentalia, ethnical, hacienda, handlike, icekhana, katchina, labiated, laitance, nailhead, tailback, thinclad, thwacked, twinkled, windable.