monotint
(ˈmɒnəʊtɪnt)
[f. mono- + tint.]
Representation in a single colour or tint; also a picture in only one colour. Chiefly in phr. in monotint. Cf. monochrome.
| 1886 Contemp. Rev. Sept. 405 To borrow the language of painting, the characters are mere studies in mono-tint. 1886 Athenæum 28 Aug. 273/3 The list of books..includes..‘All round the Clock’, from original drawings in colour and monotint by Harriett M. Bennett. 1887 Ibid. 24 Sept. 413/2 Books illustrated in colour and monotint. |