different between monochrome vs pseudocolouring

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????????? (monókhr?mos), from ????? (mónos, “one”) + ????? (khrôma, “color”); mono- +? -chrome.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?m?n.?.k???m/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?m?.n?.k?o?m/

Noun

monochrome (countable and uncountable, plural monochromes)

1. A black and white image, especially such a photograph.
2. (dated) A painting executed in shades of a single colour.
3. A ceramic glaze of a single colour; an object so glazed.

Translations

Adjective

monochrome (not comparable)

1. Having only one colour.
2. (photography) Representing colours with shades of gray.

Synonyms

• monochromatic
• monocolor
• monocoloured
• unicolor
• unicolored

Translations

Related terms

• monochromatic

French

Etymology

mono- +? chrome, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (monókhr?mos), from ????? (mónos, “one”) + ????? (khrôma, “color”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?.n?.k??m/
• Homophone: monochromes
• Hyphenation: mo?no?chrome

Adjective

monochrome (plural monochromes)

1. monochrome

Synonyms

• monochromatique
• unicolore

Further reading

• “monochrome” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

monochrome

1. inflection of monochrom:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

English

Alternative forms

• pseudocoloring

Etymology

pseudo- +? colouring

Noun

pseudocolouring (uncountable)

1. (computing) The assignment of arbitrary colours to the grey levels of a monochrome image; used especially in thermography