Learn English – the opposite word of “greyscale” (or black and white)

single-word-requests

Some words that come to mind:

  • Multi-color
  • Natural color
  • True color
  • Colored

Is any of these correct? Any better word?

EDIT:

As some commenters requested, I am adding context.

I am not going to use the word in any specific sentence. I am a programmer and I am trying to categorize colors used in a program into greyscale colors, and then _ (answer here) colors.

Best Answer

full color

Oxford's definition : "The full range of colors"

Merriam-Webster's definition: "Not black and white"

Technically speaking a greyscale image can be considered a colored image, because white, black and grey are all colors too. Therefore, rather than opting for just the word color, I feel that using full color instead emphasizes that a palette of colors beyond greyscale is used/available.

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