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Black-and-white

adjective

Lacking hue or shades of grey; part white and part black. "Black-and-white blooms" , "Black-and-white stripes"

Not having or not capable of producing colors. Synonym: black and white. "A black-and-white TV" , "The movie was in black and white" Antonym: color.

Of a situation that is sharply divided into mutually exclusive categories. "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"

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... attractive subjects as "Boys who have won the V.C.", "Pets of the Regiment", "The Colours", "Famous War Horses", &c. Each chapter, besides dealing generally with its subject, is full of capital anecdotes, and the book as a whole is excellently illustrated with colour and black-and-white illustrations. ...

— By Conduct and Courage • G. A. Henty

... Flemish rooms. There is a choice though scanty collection of the German and French schools. Albert Durer has an Adam and Eve, and a priceless portrait of himself as perfectly preserved as if it were painted yesterday. He wears a curious and picturesque costume,—striped black-and-white,—a graceful tasselled cap of the same. The picture is sufficiently like the statue at Nuremberg; a long South-German face, blue-eyed and thin, fair-whiskered, with that expression of quiet confidence you would expect in the man who said one day, with admirable candor, when people ...

— Castilian Days • John Hay

... view the grand-stand and bleachers seemed a strange sight to Ken Ward. He took one long look at the black-and-white mass of students behind the back-stop, at the straggling lines leading to the gates, at the rapidly filling rows to right and left, and then he looked no more. Already an immense crowd was present. Still it was not a typical college baseball audience. Ken realized that at ...

— The Young Pitcher • Zane Grey

... circumstance of this bird imitating the sound of a trumpet, instead of cooing, like other pigeons, it has received its designation. It is of the middle size, having its legs and feet covered with feathers, and its plumage generally of a mottled black-and-white. It has a tuft springing from the root of its beak, and the larger this topknot is, the higher the estimation in which the breed is held. In their powers of trumpeting some are more expert than others; and whether this has any effect in influencing ...

— The Book of Household Management • Mrs. Isabella Beeton

... looked at the basket. It was of very fine white plaited work with black bands running up it, and a chequered black-and-white handle. I knew it well. I have never seen another like it. I bought it years ago at Madeira, and gave it to my poor wife. Ultimately it was washed overboard in a gale in the Irish Channel. I remember that it was full of ...

— Smith and the Pharaohs, and Other Tales • Henry Rider Haggard

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