1. a person who has monochromacy, a form of color blindness in which only one type of color receptor functions, resulting in the ability to see only shades of one color or no color at all
Usage: medical

Examples

• The monochromat could only distinguish between different levels of brightness.
• As a monochromat, she saw the world in various shades of gray.
• The eye specialist explained that a monochromat has difficulty with color discrimination.
• Complete monochromats are extremely rare in the general population.
• The monochromat relied on texture and shape rather than color to identify objects.