monochromatic

adj

Etymology

From mono- + chromatic, mono- from Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “alone, only, sole, single”), chromatic from Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma, “color”).

derived from *gʰer-✻ — “to grind; to rub; to stroke; to remove”
derived from χρωματικός — “relating to colour; one of the three types of tetrachord in Greek music”
borrowed from chrōmaticus
borrowed from chromatique — “chromatic”
prefixed as monochromatic — “mono + chromatic”

Definitions

Having only one color, represented by differing hues and tints. For example shades in a…
Having only one color, represented by differing hues and tints. For example shades in a black and white television.
Perceptive of only one color
Perceptive of only one color; unable to distinguish colors; total color blindness.
3
Plain, dull, lifeless.
- Let's not […] lose our sense of boyish fun and daring, but let's at least begin to assert ourselves in the world, to impose our vision of sex and affection and spirit more and more upon the monochromatic Fatherland.

The neighborhood

antonympolychromaticantonym(s) of “single colored”
antonymmulticoloredantonym(s) of “single colored”
antonymcolorfulantonym(s) of “single colored”
antonymfull colorantonym(s) of “single colored”
antonymlivelyantonym(s) of “lifeless”
antonymvividantonym(s) of “lifeless”
neighbormonochromacy
neighbormonochromat

Derived

monochromatically, monochromaticity, nonmonochromatic, pseudomonochromatic, quasimonochromatic

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at monochromatic. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

A definitional loop anchored at monochromatic. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at monochromatic

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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