Dictionary

grayscale en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈɡɹeɪˌskeɪl/ (General-American)

Etymology

From gray + scale.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable, qualifier:imaging) Black and white, representing color with shades of gray.
   • Tetris’s graphics were simple enough to work on the Game Boy’s small gray-scale screen; its motion was slow enough not to blur; its action was a repetitive, storyless puzzle that could be picked up, with no loss of potency, at any moment, in any situation. 2012 April 4, Sam Anderson, “Just One More Game ...”, in The New York Times Magazine:

Forms

Antonyms

black and white

Synonyms

monochrome · black and white

Translations (2)

mi kiwikiwitea (giving colour in shades of gray) · cmn 灰度 (giving colour in shades of gray)

grayscale en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈɡɹeɪˌskeɪl/ (General-American)

Etymology

From gray + scale.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A printed strip of graduated tones used to check exposure and development times.
2. (countable, qualifier:imaging, uncountable) The use of black and white, representing color with shades of gray.
   • You can view your presentation in grayscale or black-and-white and then customize how the various colors are translated to grayscale or black-and-white. 2010, Joe Habraken, Microsoft Office 2010 in Depth:

Forms

grayscale en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈɡɹeɪˌskeɪl/ (General-American)

Etymology

From gray + scale.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To convert to grayscale.

Forms

Relateds

grisaille