Topic: Italian

"I loro giornali sono in bianco e nero."

Translation:Their newspapers are black and white.

February 9, 2013

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Is it necessary to include the preposition "in"? It seems with describing the colors of other objects we just wrote, for example, "Le camicie sono bianche e nere."

February 9, 2013
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Yes, if you were describing their color you'd say "i loro giornali sono bianchi e neri", while "in bianco e nero" refers to the way they present their content, black&white vs color.

February 9, 2013
https://www.duolingo.com/profile/tmac876

    Ah, same question. Thank you for your response. This now makes a lot of sense.

    April 5, 2013
    https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Kedeljer

      Why is it not bianchi e neri?

      June 12, 2013
      https://www.duolingo.com/profile/ElphieDGood

        the newspapers are not in "blackS and whiteS", they are in "black and white"

        July 18, 2013
        https://www.duolingo.com/profile/ashlward

          Could you say nero e bianco?

          October 1, 2013
          https://www.duolingo.com/profile/OzrenIlic

            They should be more tolerant of typos and writing mistakes. I wrote "nero" with double "r" and lost a heart. In German tree such mistakes are always tolerated.

            January 8, 2014
            https://www.duolingo.com/profile/scraggy0214

              why does the answer have to have a s!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

              January 19, 2015
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