black-and-white vs monochromous

black-and-white

adj
  • Of art, a photograph or photography, using shades of grey/gray rather than colour/color. 

  • Of a television or monitor, displaying images in shades of grey/gray rather than colour/color. 

  • Classifying people, objects or concepts as two polar opposites, especially "right" and "wrong"; dichotomous and inflexible. 

monochromous

adj
  • Synonym of monochrome 

How often have the words black-and-white and monochromous occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )