black and white
adjective
• (of a photograph, film, television programme, etc.) in black, white, shades of grey, and no other colour.
• "old black-and-white movies"
• (of a situation or debate) involving clearly defined opposing principles or issues.
• "it was all grey areas; no black-and-white certainties"
Similar:
categorical,
unequivocal,
absolute,
uncompromising,
unconditional,
unqualified,
unambiguous,
clear,
clear-cut,
positive,
straightforward,
definite,
definitive,
simplistic,
shallow,
pat,
glib,
jejune,
naive,
black and white
noun
• a police car.
• "a couple of black and whites zipped up and cops jumped out"
in black and white
• in writing or print.
• "she had abandoned all hope of getting her contract down in black and white"
Similar:
in print,
printed,
written down,
set down,
on paper,
committed to paper,
recorded,
on record,
documented,
• in terms of clearly defined opposing principles or issues.
• "children think in black and white, good and bad"
Similar:
in absolute terms,
unequivocally,
without shades of grey,
categorically,
uncompromisingly,
unconditionally,
unambiguously,
clearly,
positively,
straightforwardly,
definitely,
definitively,
simplistically,
shallowly,
patly,
glibly,
jejunely,
naively,
Opposite:
equivocally,
