B&W Image rejected

[Pizzadel]

My image was rejected for not meeting quality standards.  I'm not sure why. Help!

[Test Screen Name · Accepted solution]

1. Don't submit b&w, Adobe forbid it. Looks nice, but no go.

[Pizzadel]

Thanks!

[daniellei4510]

I've had numerous b&w images acceoted, perhaps because the subject matter was appropriate for b&w. There are other issues involved here. Maybe the subject matter wasn't considered commercially viable.

[Jill_C]

As in indicated above:

Read this Help page which specifically says 

Don’t: Convert your image to black & white or duotone. Buyers want the maximum flexibility provided by the full color image. 

https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/help/editing-dos-and-dont.html

However, it does seem that some B&W "conversions" slip through anyway... That is not to say that there shouldn't be any B&W images in Adobe Stock. There are many graphic designs specifically designed as monochrome. 

[daniellei4510]

I don't convert. They were b&w to begin with. 

[daniellei4510]

Here's an example. This wouldn't work as well in color. A change in style, no matter how slight, is a change in meaning, no matter how slight.

[Pizzadel]

Great image!  Thanks for the help.

[Jill_C · Accepted solution]

Read this Help page which specifically says 

Don’t: Convert your image to black & white or duotone. Buyers want the maximum flexibility provided by the full color image. 

https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/help/editing-dos-and-dont.html

[Pizzadel]

Thanks Jill!

[Nancy OShea]

I wouldn't necessarily say Adobe Stock forbids B&W.  But they don't encourage it.

Customers can easily convert to grayscale (B&W) after purchase if needed. However, it's not so easy to convert B&W to color. You'll reach a much wider base of potential buyers with full color than you will with B&W.

[Abambo]

Nice black and white, but stock does not like black and white because the customer can easily convert from colour to black and white, but getting the colours back is impossible.