While monochrome typically refers to black and white, it also includes grayscale (a range of greytonesfrom black to white) and shades of one colour. Those old black-and-white movies picture monochrome in motion, and black-and-white photos often capture a certain monochromatic nostalgia and mood. However, the concept of monochrome is applicable to all colours on the spectrum. From its Greek origin, monochromos means ‘of a single colour’;: monos (single or one) and khroma (colour).
A grayscale livingspace in the ‘House on Stilts’;, designed by Lithuanian studio Dizaino Virtuvė. Photo by Kernius Pauliukonis via Dezeen. A white living space in architect John Pawson’;s Notting Hill home. Photo by John Spinks via Port Magazine. A plywood and white officeinterior in a London maisonette by architect Larissa Johnston. Photo by Rory Gardiner via Dezeen. A concrete living space in C Penthouse, Antwerp, Belgium, designed by architect Vincent Van Duysen. Photo by Koen Van Damme via Vincent Van Duysen. An ash wood prayer room in a Dublin priory, designed by Niall McLaughlin Architects. Image via Dezeen. A black-and-white interior in Vedbaek House (III) in Copenhagen, designed by Norm Architects. Photo by Jonas Bjerre-Poulsen via Norm Architects. A black-and-white meeting space in the Dynamo (II) office in Montréal, Canada, by AnneSophieGoneauDesign. Image via Anne Sophie Goneau Design. A neutral interior space at Atelier Peter Fong in the Tianhe District of Guangzhou, China, designed by Lukstudio. Photo by Dirk Weiblen via Dezeen.
