Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Monochromata

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rich, Anthony (1849). The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary, and Greek lexicon. p. vi. OCLC 894670115. https://archive.org/details/illustratedcompa00rich. 

MONOCHRO'MATA (μονοχρώματα). Paintings tinted with a single colour, either red or white for instance, upon a dark ground, as frequently seen on fictile vases. Plin. H. N. xxxiii. 39. Id. xxxv. 36. § 2.