Hello list
In my camera club we had a discussion:
What is monochrome? What's the "official" photographic definition?

It seems the original definition is about painting with only one colour. Black. 
For instance - on white paper or canvas. 

This gives me a problem: Black & White - that's two colours. Or perhaps just 
one: White, since black is not a colour. White is. 

So, B&W is paintning with to colours: Light and no light/light and darkness and 
all shades in between.

So why is "yellow and blue", or "red and green" etc. not acceptable within the 
definition of monochrome? Or is it ?

The only way I seem to be able to understand the monochrome definition is this:

In monohrome photography we paint with light in the darkness. With white on 
black. Or with white on any other background. So white on blue, white on green. 
white on red etc.
Right?

Regards
Jens

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