It refers to different shades of the same colour. Yellow and blue, red and green are not the same colour. You could do shades of red, shades of blue, etc. which could include white.
Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Jens > Sent: 20 August 2008 09:21 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: OT: Define Monochrome > > 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 > > -- > Treat others as you would like to be treated yourself. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly > above and follow the directions. > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
