B&W Views 7 meanings found B&W is widely recognized as shorthand for "black and white," whether describing photography, printed media, or simple binary images, and it also appears in informal expressions like "bread and water." Miscellaneous Bourbon & Water Bread and Water Community Black And White Computing 1st Reader Mono (Black and White) binary screen image Bitmap mac) Business Burmeister and Wain Bowers & Wilkins