Black and white make gray. vs Black and white makes gray.

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'Black and white make gray.' is correct when referring to the colors black and white combining to create the color gray. 'Black and white makes gray.' is correct when treating 'black and white' as a singular concept or entity that produces the color gray.

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Black and white make gray.

This phrase is correct and commonly used when referring to the colors black and white combining to create the color gray.

This phrase is used when talking about the colors black and white mixing together to produce the color gray.

Examples:

When you mix black and white paint, black and white make gray.
The combination of black and white make gray in this photograph.
Black and white make gray when blended together.

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I'm used to things being black-and-white, and this is just... it's gray.
I'm used to things being black-and-white, and this is just... it's gray.
It is neither color or black and white, but it is full of shades of gray.
2,000 undeveloped rolls of black-and-white film.
Black and white cookies were just delivered.
On a really small black and white television.
Extroverts prefer black-and-white, concrete, simple language.
Do lossless JPEG black and white conversion.
The uniforms are black and gray.
I used to think that actors in black and white movies went home to black and white houses and lived in black and white worlds.
Use black and white (1-bit) palette: This option generates an image which uses only two colors, black and white.
If only black is available, outline the rectangle in black and print the stars in black and white.
I suppose you like black and white.
Writer-director John Huston became a star working in black and white.
The truth is not always black and white.
In public pronouncements they only deal in black and white.
You looked so handsome in black and white.
Let him be the hero of his morally black and white world.
Ran right into the back of a parked black and white.
Female, Caucasian, 15 years old, black and white sweater...

Black and white makes gray.

This phrase is correct when treating 'black and white' as a singular concept or entity that produces the color gray.

This phrase is used when considering 'black and white' as a singular unit that creates the color gray.

Examples:

In art, black and white makes gray when mixed together.
The concept of black and white makes gray in this design.
Black and white makes gray in this particular situation.

Show examples from the web [+]

I'm used to things being black-and-white, and this is just... it's gray.
I'm used to things being black-and-white, and this is just... it's gray.
It is neither color or black and white, but it is full of shades of gray.
2,000 undeveloped rolls of black-and-white film.
Black and white cookies were just delivered.
On a really small black and white television.
Extroverts prefer black-and-white, concrete, simple language.
Do lossless JPEG black and white conversion.
The uniforms are black and gray.
I used to think that actors in black and white movies went home to black and white houses and lived in black and white worlds.
Use black and white (1-bit) palette: This option generates an image which uses only two colors, black and white.
If only black is available, outline the rectangle in black and print the stars in black and white.
I suppose you like black and white.
Writer-director John Huston became a star working in black and white.
The truth is not always black and white.
In public pronouncements they only deal in black and white.
You looked so handsome in black and white.
Let him be the hero of his morally black and white world.
Ran right into the back of a parked black and white.
Female, Caucasian, 15 years old, black and white sweater...

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Black and white make gray. vs Black and white makes gray.