Monochromacy (mono meaning one and chromo color) is, among animals, the condition of possessing only one type of cone cell for color vision, which results in a monochromatic-like (in most cases black and white) vision.{clarify | reason = Does `in most cases black and white` imply that some monochromatic subjects perceive everything in shades of ..... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monochromacy