Greyscale vs. Grayscale

Greyscalenoun

alternative spelling of grayscale.

Greyscaleadjective

alternative spelling of grayscale.

Greyscaleverb

alternative spelling of grayscale.

Greyscalenoun

a range of grey shades from white to black, as used in a monochrome display or printout

Grayscalenoun

(photography) A printed strip of graduated tones used to check exposure and development times.

Grayscaleadjective

(imaging) Black and white, representing color with shades of gray.

Grayscaleverb

(transitive) To convert to grayscale.

Grayscale

In digital photography, computer-generated imagery, and colourimetry, a greyscale image is one in which the value of each pixel is a single sample representing only an amount of light; that is, it carries only intensity information. Greyscale images, a kind of black-and-white or grey monochrome, are composed exclusively of shades of grey.