black and white vs black-and-white

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

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