----- Original Message ----- From: "Jens" Subject: OT: Define Monochrome
> Hello list > In my camera club we had a discussion: > What is monochrome? What's the "official" photographic definition? > > It seems the original definition is about painting with only one colour. > Black. For instance - on white paper or canvas. > > This gives me a problem: Black & White - that's two colours. Or perhaps > just one: White, since black is not a colour. White is. > > So, B&W is paintning with to colours: Light and no light/light and > darkness and all shades in between. > > So why is "yellow and blue", or "red and green" etc. not acceptable within > the definition of monochrome? Or is it ? > > The only way I seem to be able to understand the monochrome definition is > this: > > In monohrome photography we paint with light in the darkness. With white > on black. Or with white on any other background. So white on blue, white > on green. white on red etc. > Right? Mono: One Chrome: Color (from the Greek word Chroma (saturation, a quality of color combining hue and saturation)). For our purposes: one colour on a substrate, generally white. People get too mixed up in silly semantical debates when they should be watching old episodes of Seinfeld. If you are going to waste time, why not watch a comedian. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
