black-and-white | Idiomator

Meaning: Of art, a photograph or photography, using shades of grey rather than shades of any other color.; Of atelevisionormonitor, displaying images in shades of grey rather than color.; (figurative,idiomatic)Classifyingpeople,objectsor concepts as twopolar opposites, especially "right" and "wrong";dichotomousandinflexible.1999, Cynthia Hendershot,Paranoia, the Bomb, and 1950s Science Fiction Films, Popular Press,→ISBN, page28:The pseudo-community of enemies inThe Day the Earth Stood Stillconsists of politicians, the military, and businessmen, whereas the pseudo-community of friends, the element that complements the enemies and reinforces theblack-and-whitemorality of paranoia (Cameron, "Revisited" 56), is composed of scientists, women, and children.2008, Linus Torvalds,Re: [stable] Linux 2.6.25.10, LKML; quoted in:Bezpieczeństwo, Jacek Popławski, pl.comp.os.advocacy, UsenetSecurity people are often theblack-and-whitekind of people that I can't stand.2011, Sandra Orchard,Deep Cover, Harlequin,→ISBN, page144:“It's complicated. Not everything isblack-and-white, Ginny. Sometimes, it's just gray.” The disillusionment in Ginny's eyes hurt bone-deep. She was ablack-and-whitekind of person. Actions were either right or wrong. No room for in-betweens.2011, Aileen Zeitz Collucci,Big Picture Thinking: Using Central Coherence Theory to Support Social Skills : a Book for Students, AAPC Publishing,→ISBN, page82:You could say that inflexible thinking isblack-and-whitethinking and flexible thinking is rainbow thinking.Black-and-whitethinkers have difficulty being flexible in their mind and seeing different possibilities and perspectives.; Alternative form ofblack and white(easily divided into diametrically opposing camps).

Examples:

EN: The basis for the digital restoration of the Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Foundation in 2018 was an incomplete black-and-white archive duplicate from the former holdings of the State Film Archive of the GDR.
ES: La base para la restauración digital de la Fundación Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau en 2018 fue un duplicado incompleto del archivo en blanco y negro del Archivo Estatal de Cine de la RDA.
EN: Another shortened black-and-white duplicate of Western production from the 1970s with German intertitles served as a supplement for changed or missing shots.
ES: Otro duplicado acortado en blanco y negro de la copia occidental de los años 70, con intertítulos en alemán, sirvió como complemento para las escenas modificadas o que faltaban.
EN: Etching. That's black-and-white, isn't it?
ES: Es en blanco y negro, ¿verdad?
EN: Well, not a soul could answer that, till here come along a black-and-white cat,
ES: Bien, ningún alma podía rsponder eso... Hasta que llegó un gato blanco y negro.
EN: Wrap him... in that black-and-white spread.
ES: Amortájalo... con esa colcha blanca y negra.
EN: The black-and-white one we put around Arthur.
ES: La blanca y negra con la que amortajamos a Arthur.
EN: Sure. We must focus on black-and-white shoes.
ES: Claro que si Chavita. nos dedicamos a puro a los zapatos blancos de dos colores, con quien dice mocasines.
EN: Aren't you tending to black-and-white the situation somewhat?
ES: ¿Intentas radicalizar la situación?
EN: Tires are black-and-white.
ES: Se me ocurre Las llantas con negras y blancas
EN: It's not exactly plastic, I admit, but at least it is as "black-and-white" as possible,
ES: No es muy plástico, lo confieso, pero al menos es lo más "blanco y negro" posible
EN: The I shot last year in both color and black-and-white.
ES: La rodé el año pasado en colores y en blanco y negro.
EN: Could I interest you in a pair of really nifty black-and-white wing-tip shoes... for only 8.95?
ES: Le interesan unos zapatos blanco y negro con puntera... por sólo 8.95 dólares?
EN: No, but I could use a pair of black-and-white pumps... with a rhinestone buckle at any price.
ES: No, pero sí unas zapatillas blanco y negro... con pedrería de imitación a cualquier precio.
EN: Actually, Mr. O'Reilly, I already have a pair of black-and-white shoes.
ES: Sr. O'Reilly, ya tengo zapatos blanco y negro.
EN: Excuse me, sir, but you don't have Style Right black-and-white shoes.
ES: Pero no tiene zapatos de Derecho de Estilo.

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