Black and White
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Black-and-white (or variations including Black and White) can refer to a general term used in photography, film, and other media (see black-and-white). More specifically, it also refers to:
- a 1999 movie directed by James Toback (see Black and White);
- a 1998 movie directed by Yuri Zeltser (see Black & White);
- an album by The Stranglers (see Black and White);
- in many U.S. cities, a police car, when painted with a distinctive black and white livery;
- a large round sugar cookie, sometimes five inches in diameter, half-glazed with sugar and half with chocolate; and
- a computer game developed by Lionhead Studios (see Black and White).
- the newspaper of Walt Whitman High School in Bethesda, Maryland (see Black and white (newspaper)).
The phrase "to have it down in black-and-white" refers to the heightened authority of the written contract, and by extension of the printed word in general.
The phrase, "to see things in black-and-white" means to disregard the moral complexities of a controversy and seek simplistic polarized solutions.