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black and white
[PHRASE]1
(of a motion picture, photograph, etc.) showing only black, white, and gray colors
synonyms : black-and-white
Examples
1. X-ray machines were still by and large black and white images.
2. So black abolitionists like Frederick Douglass, Henry Highland Garnett and apparently David Walker were the most eloquent spokesmen for the ideal of equal citizenship in the United States for black and white people.
3. The campaign featured photos of black and white people together, emphasizing that equality was good for the war effort and good for the country.
4. Contemporary Australian philosopher Frank Jackson presents us with the thought experiment of Mary, a woman who has spent her entire life in a black and white room, learning everything via a black and white television.
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