grayscale
/ˈɡɹeɪˌskeɪl/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.31 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A printed strip of graduated tones used to check exposure and development times.
Countable; Uncountable
adj
Black and white, representing color with shades of gray.
Example Sentences
- "You can view your presentation in grayscale or black-and-white and then customize how the various colors are translated to grayscale or black-and-white."
- "Tetris’s graphics were simple enough to work on the Game Boy’s small gray-scale screen; its motion was slow enough not to blur; its action was a repetitive, storyless puzzle that could be picked up, with no loss of potency, at any moment, in any situation."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɡɹeɪˌskeɪl/