black & white

     

Black-an-white is a broad adjectival term used to describe a number of monochrome forms of visual arts. Most forms of visual technology start out in black and white, then slowly evolve into color as technology progresses.

Trivia about black & white

  • When referring to old movies, B&W indicates this
  • Colorful (or is it colorless?) phrase meaning clear-cut, without a doubt
  • Franz Kline's palette in the '50s was generally restricted to this, like TV at the time
  • A "Project Runway" challenge was to design a cocktail dress using these 2 colors, maybe to go to a Truman Capote ball
  • Supreme Court justices Hugo & Byron "Whizzer"
  • They're the 2 opposite colors used to name the 2 species of African rhinoceros

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