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  2. Monochrome photography - Wikipedia

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    Digital photo of Kearny Generating Station, converted to black and white in Lightroom, with color channels adjusted to mimic the effect of a red filter. 1968 group portrait of a Swedish musical's cast. Black-and-white photography is considered by some to be more subtle and interpretive, and less realistic than color photography.

  3. 1700–1750 in Western fashion - Wikipedia

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    Later, wigs or the natural hair were worn long, brushed back from the forehead and clubbed or tied back at the nape of the neck with a black ribbon. From about 1720, a bag wig gathered the back hair in a black silk bag. Black ribbons attached to the bag were brought to the front and tied in a bow in a style called a "solitaire".

  4. 1860s in Western fashion - Wikipedia

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    Auguste Toulmouche's Reluctant Bride of 1866 wears white satin, and her friend tries on her bridal wreath of orange blossoms. 1860s fashion in European and European-influenced countries is characterized by extremely full-skirted women's fashions relying on crinolines and hoops and the emergence of "alternative fashions" under the influence of ...

  5. Hand-colouring of photographs - Wikipedia

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    In an attempt to create more realistic images, photographers and artists would hand-colour monochrome photographs. The first hand-coloured daguerreotypes are attributed to Swiss painter and printmaker Johann Baptist Isenring , who used a mixture of gum arabic and pigments to colour daguerreotypes soon after their invention in 1839. [ 2 ]

  6. Black-and-white dualism - Wikipedia

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    White often represents purity or innocence in Western culture, [2] particularly as white clothing or objects, can be stained easily. In most Western countries white is the color worn by brides at weddings. Angels are typically depicted as clothed in white robes. In many Hollywood Westerns, bad cowboys wear black hats while the good ones wear white.

  7. The dress - Wikipedia

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    The dress was black and blue, but the conditions of the photograph caused many to perceive it as white and gold, creating debate. Within a week, more than ten million tweets had mentioned the dress. The retailer of the dress, Roman Originals, reported a surge in sales and produced a one-off version in white and gold sold for charity.

  8. Black and white hat symbolism in film - Wikipedia

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    The black and white cowboy hats play an important role in characterization in "Westworld", where the protagonist chooses to wear a white cowboy hat while an antagonist wears a black hat. [6] The series re-uses the trope with another character, Logan, who dons a black cowboy hat before shooting up a saloon.

  9. Noire et Blanche - Wikipedia

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    The picture juxtaposes the similarities between the soft oval white face of the model, as if she were a living mask, with the shiny black mask, also with eyes closed and a serene expression. [4] It also expresses the artist's interest in African art, which had a huge influence in the artistic movements of the first decades of the 20th century.