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monochrome

[mon-uh-krohm] / ˈmɒn əˌkroʊm /


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The new monochrome packages will go on sale in Japan May 25, Calbee said, blaming difficulties procuring raw materials such as naphtha, a petrochemical used in paints and inks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026

To demonstrate this precision, the researchers used a standard laser to create a microscopic monochrome portrait of Albert Einstein on a thin piece of the material, with points spaced just 700 nanometers apart.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 21, 2026

Ballet star Misty Copeland's monochrome outfit featured a playful tutu.

From BBC ● Mar. 15, 2026

It started with the concept album “A Curious Feeling,” its obsessive autumnal gloom and ornate melodies made even more memorable by the monochrome opacity of the production.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2026

My grandparents’ eyes glazed over at the sheer activity, streetcars rumbling, bells clanging, and the monochrome traffic swerving in and out.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

Highlights include 1966’s Nebraska, one of the gray-green monochromes that established Marden as an abstract painter in an era when critics were ready to dismiss painting altogether in favor of performance and installation art.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

In Norway, Opie hoped to explore — and contribute to — the long history of blue in art, from Pablo Picasso’s Blue Period to Yves Klein’s monochromes and Derek Jarman’s elegiac film “Blue.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2026

The artist said that none of his monochromes resembled each other and were "of quite a different essence and atmosphere", according to Christie's.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2025

“Orange Glyph,” for instance, presents a bright orange canvas that would live happily among the postwar monochromes of Yves Klein.

From New York Times ● Jul. 5, 2023

Instead of bookshelves, this wall was crowded with framed pictures of all sizes, some in vibrant colors, others dull monochromes.

From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer




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