black-and-white vs black and white

black-and-white is not a noun while black and white is a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
black-and-white	No	Yes	No	No
black and white	Yes	Yes	No	No

As adjectives, black-and-white and black and white are synonyms defined as:

black-and-white and black and white: not having or not capable of producing colors

black-and-white (noun)	black and white (noun)
	a black-and-white photograph or slide
	communication by means of written symbols (either printed or handwritten)

black-and-white (adjective)	black and white (adjective)
not having or not capable of producing colors	not having or not capable of producing colors
lacking hue or shades of grey; part white and part black
of a situation that is sharply divided into mutually exclusive categories