Hello list, Thanks very much for all your answers. This has become an intresting thread. I was just wondering. Many photographic societies have "colour" and "monochrome" as categories for exibitions and contests. I wanted to know if there is a gerally accepted definiton - and why. Apparently there's no general rool, all could agree on.
Regards Jens -- Treat others as you would like to be treated yourself. On Aug 21, 2008 03:54 "John Coyle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > For me, monochrome is any single colour, whether green, red, blue or > anything in between. Variations in saturation and tone give a > viewable > image, as in a sepia print. > > Technically, black is no reflected light, therefore no 'chrome' at > all, > whereas white is all colours reflected equally,, therefore not > 'mono'. > > HTH! > > > John Coyle > Brisbane, Australia > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Jens > Sent: Wednesday, 20 August 2008 6:21 PM > 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. -- 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.
