black-and-white (bl?k??n-w?t?, -hw?t?)adj.1. Partially black and partially white: a black-and-white cow.2. Being in writing or print: black-and-white proof.3. a. Rendered in black and white or in achromatic colors: a black-and-white drawing.b. Of or relating to the reproduction or presentation of visual images in black and white: black-and-white television; black-and-white photography.4. Expressing, recognizing, or based on two mutually exclusive sets of ideas or values: black-and-white categories; a black-and-white point of view.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.black-and-white n 1. (Photography) a. a photograph, picture, sketch, etc, in black, white, and shades of grey rather than in colourb. (as modifier): black-and-white film. 2. (Colours) the neutral tones of black, white, and intermediate shades of grey. Compare colour2 3. in black and white a. in print or writing b. in extremes: he always saw things in black and white. Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014black?-and-white? adj. 1. displaying only black and white tones; lacking color. 2. partly black and partly white: black-and-white shoes. 3. pertaining to or constituting a two-valued system, as of logic or morality; absolute: thinking in black-and-white terms. [1590?1600] Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.