Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

black-and-white

black-and-white , noun

print or writing, especially the result of the printing process.

Also: black and white

black-and-white , adjective

(Photography, Imaging; Printing) depicted only in black and white colors, or in shades of gray; also called monochromatic and monochrome; -- of images. Opposite of color or in color, and contrasting with polychrome technicolor three-color; as, a black-and-white TV; black-and-white film; the movie “Schindler's List” was shot in black and white.

Also: black and white