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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"

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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"Black-and-white" Quotes from Famous Books

... leaned forward suddenly and whisked the magazine out of Mrs. Kinney's fingers. He held the paper with hands that trembled in excitement; and this is what he read, in the matter-of-fact black-and-white ...

— The Devolutionist and The Emancipatrix • Homer Eon Flint

... was black-and-white with passengers, staring across at the passengers of the California. Men began to yell back ...

— Gold Seekers of '49 • Edwin L. Sabin

... on ahead to open the coop door. With a sigh of relief, Katy shoved hers into it. Jane was not so lucky. Instead of going in, as a well-regulated pig should, the small, black-and-white sinner shot off to one side and made for the slough again. They had a pretty chase before he finally tangled himself up in the grass and was ...

— Chicken Little Jane on the Big John • Lily Munsell Ritchie

... it to be a kind of private house, with an open vestibule and a black-and-white enamelled plate on the door-post, saying "Registry ...

— The Woman Thou Gavest Me - Being the Story of Mary O'Neill • Hall Caine

... voicelessly from a hidden nest, another, a yellow and black-throated lark, singing joyously. They crossed the meadow and came up the swelling slope of a gentle hill; upon its flatfish top were oaks; in the shade of the oaks three black-and-white cows looked with mild, approving eyes upon their three tiny black-and-white calves. With the pictured memory unfading, Helen's eyes were momentarily held by an eagle balancing against the sky; the great bird, as though he were conscious that he held briefly ...

— The Desert Valley • Jackson Gregory

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