desolate vs monochromatic

desolate

adj
  • Barren and lifeless. 

  • Made unfit for habitation or use because of neglect, destruction etc. 

  • Dismal or dreary. 

  • Deserted and devoid of inhabitants. 

  • Sad, forlorn and hopeless. 

verb
  • To devastate or lay waste somewhere. 

  • To abandon or forsake something. 

  • To deprive of inhabitants. 

  • To make someone sad, forlorn and hopeless. 

monochromatic

adj
  • Plain, dull, lifeless. 

  • Having only one color, represented by differing hues and tints. For example shades in a black and white television. 

  • Perceptive of only one color; unable to distinguish colors; total color blindness. 

How often have the words desolate and monochromatic occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )