black-and-white meaning and definition

BLACK-AND-WHITE adjective

Definition of black-and-white (adjective)

1. lacking hue or shades of grey; part white and part black
   • "a black-and-white cow"; "black-and-white blooms"; "black-and-white stripes"
2. not having or not capable of producing colors
   • "black-and-white film"; "a black-and-white TV"; "the movie was in black and white"
   • synonyms: black and white
   • antonym: color
3. of a situation that is sharply divided into mutually exclusive categories
   • "he rejected a black-and-white world"; "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"