monochromatic vision

1. 1.

   complete color blindness; colors can be differentiated only on the basis of brightness

   Synonymsmonochromacymonochromatismmonochromiamonochromasy

   Broadercolor blindness

Questions about monochromatic vision

What does monochromatic vision mean?

monochromatic vision means "complete color blindness; colors can be differentiated only on the basis of brightness".

What is another word for monochromatic vision?

Close synonyms include monochromacy, monochromatism, monochromia, monochromasy. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is monochromatic vision a common word?

monochromatic vision is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.