Monochrome is any single color, on a white (or black), background.
That's about it, any number of intermediate shades between all Color,
(or Black), and no Color, (or White), is acceptable.
Jens wrote:
> 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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