black-and-whiteとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• black and white
• black-or-white

発音

形容詞

black-and-white (comparative more black-and-white, superlative most black-and-white)

1. Of art, a photograph or photography, using shades of grey/gray rather than colour/color.
2. Of a television or monitor, displaying images in shades of grey/gray rather than colour/color.
3. (figurative, idiomatic) Classifying people, objects or concepts as two polar opposites, especially "right" and "wrong"; dichotomous and inflexible.
   • 1999, Cynthia Hendershot, Paranoia, the Bomb, and 1950s Science Fiction Films, Popular Press, →ISBN, page 28:

     The pseudo-community of enemies in The Day the Earth Stood Still consists of politicians, the military, and businessmen, whereas the pseudo-community of friends, the element that complements the enemies and reinforces the black-and-white morality of paranoia (Cameron, "Revisited" 56), is composed of scientists, women, and children.

   • 2008, Linus Torvalds, Re: [stable] Linux 2.6.25.10, LKML; quoted in: Bezpieczeństwo, Jacek Popławski, pl.comp.os.advocacy, Usenet

     Security people are often the black-and-white kind of people that I can't stand.

   • 2011, Sandra Orchard, Deep Cover, Harlequin, →ISBN, page 144:

     “It's complicated. Not everything is black-and-white, Ginny. Sometimes, it's just gray.” The disillusionment in Ginny's eyes hurt bone-deep. She was a black-and-white kind of person. Actions were either right or wrong. No room for in-betweens.

   • 2011, Aileen Zeitz Collucci, Big Picture Thinking: Using Central Coherence Theory to Support Social Skills : a Book for Students, AAPC Publishing, →ISBN, page 82:

     You could say that inflexible thinking is black-and-white thinking and flexible thinking is rainbow thinking. Black-and-white thinkers have difficulty being flexible in their mind and seeing different possibilities and perspectives.

4. Alternative form of black and white (easily divided into diametrically opposing camps)

同意語

• (art/photograph/photography): monochrome (compare grayscale, greyscale)

反意語

• (art/photograph/photography): colour/color
• (television/monitor): colour/color

派生語

参考

• in black and white
• salt and pepper/salt-and-pepper

名詞

black-and-white (複数形 black-and-whites)

1. Alternative form of black and white

名詞

black and white (複数形 black かつ whites)

1. (US, slang, law enforcement) A police patrol car.
2. (US, slang, by extension) The police, a police officer or the clothing they wear.
   • 1992, “A Nigga Witta Gun”, in The Chronic, Death Row Records, performed by Dr. Dre:

     Them punk motherfuckers in black and white ain't the only motherfuckers I gots to fight.

3. A type of giant cookie (about 8 inches diameter) with icing on the top side: half white, half dark chocolate.

同意語

• (police car): panda (英国用法 スラング)

形容詞

black and white (comparative more black かつ white, superlative most black かつ white)

1. Alternative form of black-and-white (of an image, a video, etc: in black, white, かつ perhaps shades of grey, rather than in colour)
   • 2012 April 29, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Treehouse of Horror III” (season 4, episode 5; originally aired 10/29/1992)”, in (Please provide the book title または journal name)‎^[1]:

     The second segment is one of the most audacious and ambitious in “Treehouse Of Horror” history, and not just because it’s in black and white. It’s a parody of King Kong that works spectacularly well because Homer isn’t just ape-like and simian on the inside: he’s ape-like and simian on the outside as well, so it’s not too much of a stretch to imagine the rage-filled man-child as a giant ape with serious anger-control issues.

2. (figuratively, idiomatic) Easily divided into diametrically opposing camps or schools of thought.