Monochrome

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For monovalent chromium, see oxidation state § List of oxidation states of the elements.
For other uses, see Monochrome (disambiguation).

Versailles, France, by Ange-Jacques Gabriel
, 1764
Black-and-white monochrome: the Eiffel Tower during the 1889 Exposition Universelle
Color monochrome: night-vision devices usually produce monochrome images, typically in shades of green.
A photograph of a macaw rendered with a monochrome palette of a limited number of shades
digital audio player
with a monochrome display and green backlight, common on older devices including mobile phones and handheld game systems

A monochrome

black-and-white (typically analog). In physics, monochromatic light refers to electromagnetic radiation
that contains a narrow band of wavelengths, which is a distinct concept.

Application

Of an

sepia displaying tones from light tan to dark brown or cyanotype ("blueprint") images, and early photographic methods such as daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, and tintypes
, each of which may be used to produce a monochromatic image.

In computing, monochrome has two meanings:

A monochrome computer display is able to display only a single color, often green, amber, red or white, and often also shades of that color.

In film photography, monochrome is typically the use of black-and-white film. Originally, all photography was done in monochrome. Although color photography was possible even in the late 19th century, easily used color films, such as Kodachrome, were not available until the mid-1930s.

In

orthochromatic film
or the use of a cyan filter on panchromatic film. The selection of weighting so provides a wide variety of artistic expression in the final monochrome image.

For production of an

complement, cyan).[3]

Color scheme

See also: Color scheme
Example of a monochromatic color scheme
Monochromatic color gradient on color wheel

A monochromatic color scheme comprises (tones, tints, and shades) of a single hue. Tints are achieved by adding white, thereby increasing lightness; Shades are achieved by adding black, thereby decreasing lightness; Tones are achieved by adding gray, thereby decreasing colorfulness.

Monochromatic color schemes provide opportunities in art and visual communications design as they allow for a greater range of contrasting tones that can be used to attract attention, create focus and support legibility.

The use of a monochromatic color provides a strong sense of visual cohesion and can help support communication objectives through the use of connotative color. The relative absence of hue contrast can be offset by variations in tone and the addition of texture.[4]

Monochromatic in science means consisting of a single wavelength of light or other radiation (lasers, for example, usually produce monochromatic light), or having or appearing to have only one color (in comparison to polychromatic). That means according to science the true monochromatic images can be strictly created only of shades of one color fading to black.[5]

However, monochromatic also has another meaning similar to “boring” or “colorless” which sometimes leads to creating a design composed from true monochromatic color shades (one hue fading to black), and the colors created from the one hue but faded to all wavelengths (to white). This is not monochromatic in the strictly scientific meaning of the word. In fact, monochrome in the art world can be as complicated or even more complicated than other polychromatic art.[6]

In physics

Main article: Monochromatic radiation

In physics,

spectral linewidth). A device which isolates a narrow band of light from a broadband source is called a monochromator
.

See also

  • Duotone, the use of two ink colors in printing
  • perceived
    as shades of grey (may be extended also to color images)
  • color vision deficiency
  • Monochromatic color
  • Monochrome monitor, used with computers
  • Monochrome photography, also known as black-and-white photography
  • Monochrome painting, a style of painting that uses a single color (excluding shades thereof)
  • Monochrome printmaking, printing styles that generate black-and-white images
  • Polychrome, of multiple colors, the opposite of monochrome

References

  1. Ancient Greek μονόχρωμος (monókhrōmos) 'having one color'; from μόνος (mónos) 'one', and χρῶμα
     (khrôma) 'color'
  2. ^ "monochrome". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Retrieved October 16, 2009.
  3. ^ "Monochromatic". Dictionary.com Unabridged. Random House, Inc. Retrieved March 23, 2013.
  4. ^ O'Connor, Z. (2014). Colour Combination Techniques. Sydney AUS: Design Research Associates.
  5. ^ "the definition of monochromatic". Dictionary.com. Retrieved January 17, 2016.
  6. ^ "The Absence of Color Symbolism of Black and White".

External links

  • The dictionary definition of monochrome at Wiktionary
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