Definition: monochrome

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

monochrome
     adj : having or appearing to have only one color [syn: monochromatic,
            monochromic, monochromous]
     n 1: painting done in a range of tones of a single color
     2: a black-and-white photograph or slide [syn: black and white]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Monochrome \Mon"o*chrome\, n. [Gr. ? of one color; ? single + ?
   color: cf. F. monochrome.]
   A painting or drawing in a single color; a picture made with
   a single color.

Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (2003-OCT-10) 

monochrome

   <graphics> Literally "one colour".  Usually used for a black
   and white (or sometimes green or orange) monitor as distinct
   from a color monitor.  Normally, each pixel on the display
   will correspond to a single bit of display memory and will
   therefore be one of two intensities.  A grey-scale display
   requires several bits per pixel but might still be called
   monochrome.

   Compare: bitonal.

   (1994-11-24)