grayscale means black and white, representing color with shades of gray. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 86 out of 100.
grayscale is pronounced /ˈɡɹeɪˌskeɪl/.
Etymology
From gray + scale.
adj
- 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.”
noun
- A printed strip of graduated tones used to check exposure and development times.
- 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.”
verb
- To convert to grayscale.