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grayscale

noun
/ˈɡɹeɪˌskeɪl/US

Etymology

From gray + scale.

  1. derived from *skalō✻
  2. derived from skala
  3. derived from escale
  4. inherited from scale
  5. compounded as grayscale — “gray + scale”

Definitions

  1. A printed strip of graduated tones used to check exposure and development times.

  2. The use of black and white, representing color with shades of gray.

    • You can view your presentation in grayscale or black-and-white and then customize how the various colors are translated to grayscale or black-and-white.

  3. Black and white, representing color with shades of gray.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. To convert to grayscale.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for grayscale. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA