We think of colors as wavelengths of light, but in more practical terms, a gray, black, or white can be a color if you can buy a tube of that color, or mix it from something.
I think of monochrome as encompassing various b&w things which aren't quite B&W, cyanotypes, toned prints, etc.... Ever go shopping for white paint? There's only a zillion variations of not-quite-white.
I like the term monochrome. It has received a bad rap as a type of often inferior display for electronic devices though.
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