black-and-white

adj 4noun 1

Definitions

adj

1

Of art, a photograph or photography, using shades of grey rather than shades of any other color.

2

Of a television or monitor, displaying images in shades of grey rather than color.

3

Classifying people, objects or concepts as two polar opposites, especially "right" and "wrong"; dichotomous and inflexible.

The pseudo-community of enemies in The Day the Earth Stood Still consists of politicians, the military, and businessmen, whereas the pseudo-community of friends, the element that complements the enemies and reinforces the black-and-white morality of paranoia (Cameron, "Revisited" 56), is composed of scientists, women, and children.

2008, Linus Torvalds, [https://web.archive.org/web/20140805134937/http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/706950 Re: [stable] Linux 2.6.25.10], LKML; quoted in: Bezpieczeństwo, Jacek Popławski, pl.comp.os.advocacy, Usenet Security people are often the black-and-white kind of people that I can't stand.

4

Alternative form of black and white (easily divided into diametrically opposing camps).

noun

1

Alternative form of black and white.

[T]he news bunny ran up to him, saying, "Officer, did you have trouble catching up with Batman? Was it an exciting chase?" The surfer cop struck a semi-heroic pose for the camera and said, "Weak sauce." Then he quickly walked Batman to the black-and-white, where he was put into the backseat.

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