A completely colorless, black-and-white image. The image is composed exclusively of shades of black, white, and grey. It is very common for [[comic]]s and [[doujinshi]] to be in greyscale.

If the image is only colored in black (or a single shade of grey) and white, do not use this tag. Use [[monochrome]] instead.

Using color tags like [[black eyes]] or [[black hair]] is discouraged (see forum #138216 and forum #164207) when tagging greyscale images. Exceptions are color background tags, so tagging [[white background]], [[grey background]], and [[black background]] are fine.

h4. Examples

* For completely colorless art, use [[greyscale]] (post #5785450).
* For a post having a single hue that isn't grey, use [[monochrome]], do not use [[greyscale]] (post #5101720, post #5653986)
* For a mostly greyscale post with a small amount of color as a highlight, use [[greyscale]] and [[spot color]] (post #5907966, post #6305736).
* For a post using a mix of color and greyscale, use [[partially colored]], do not use [[greyscale]] (post #7287545, post #5782023).
* For a colorless foreground and colorful background, use [[greyscale with colored background]], do not use [[greyscale]] nor [[partially colored]] (post #7258840, post #5782342).
* For a post that has solid black shadings, use [[greyscale]] and [[high contrast]] (post #3743593, post #7035965).
* For posts with a small variety of colors but more than two actual colors, use [[limited palette]], do not use [[greyscale]] nor [[monochrome]] (post #6764762, post #7497928).

h4. See also

* [[lineart]]
* [[monochrome]]
* [[Tag Group:Colors]]
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