full-colour
full-colour — adjective
1. used to describe a TV screen, photo, book, or printed page that shows images in
used to describe a TV screen, photo, book, or printed page that shows images in many colours instead of only black, white, and shades of grey.
The new magazine features a full-colour photo of the royal family on every cover.
attributive: full-colour + photo
Aoi's laptop has a bright full-colour screen that is easy to read outdoors.
Most newspapers now print full-colour images instead of black-and-white ones.
The museum guide includes full-colour maps of each floor and gallery.
Andrei bought a full-colour printer for his home office so he could print flyers.
- colour
used alone before a noun (e.g. colour TV / colour photo) it has the same meaning as full-colour, though slightly less formal.
- technicolour
refers to a specific early colour-film process; today it often suggests very bright or vivid colours, sometimes unrealistically so.
- monochrome
describes an image that uses only one colour or shades of grey, especially black and white.
- black-and-white
the most common everyday opposite — no colour at all.