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Black-and-White [3 records]

Record 1 1999-02-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photography
DEF

An image or picture in a single colour which is usually (but need not be) black.

Key term(s)
  • black and white
  • black-and-white

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photographie
OBS

achrome : Adjectif qualifiant une image qui ne présente qu'un échelonnement de valeurs neutres, c'est-à-dire tous les tons passant du blanc pur au noir le plus opaque. On le destine à remplacer l'expression trop familière de «noir et blanc» ou de «monochrome» lorsqu'on veut qualifier les clichés «sans couleur».

Spanish

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Record 2 1991-03-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cattle Raising
OBS

Cattle, e.g. Holstein-Friesian breed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Élevage des bovins
OBS

Race bovine laitière, dérivant d'une population assez laitière, qui occupait le littoral de la mer du Nord, de la Frise au Jutland en passant par le Holstein.

OBS

Bovin pie noire, la Holstein p. ex.

Spanish

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Record 3 1980-07-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photography
DEF

Monochrome photographs or processes in which all tones and colors of the subject are reproduced as black, various shades of gray, and white.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photographie
DEF

Photographies et procédés monochromes où toutes les couleurs de l'objet sont reproduites en noir, en diverses teintes de gris et en blanc.

Spanish

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