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black–and–white Listen to audio/ˌblækənˈwaɪt/ adjective
1 : partly black and partly white in color
a black-and-white dog
2 : having, showing, or producing pictures that do not have colors except for black, white, and shades of gray
She loves to watch old black-and-white movies. black-and-white wedding photos a black-and-white television set Did you put color or black-and-white film in the camera?
3 : involving a simple choice between things that are clearly opposite and especially between good and bad or right and wrong
You are oversimplifying things if you only look at the situation in black-and-white terms. The truth is not always black-and-white.

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