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Also known as sepia color, color sepia, sepia colour, colour sepia

reddish-brown color, named after the rich brown pigment derived from the ink sac of the common cuttlefish Sepia

Key facts

Hex triplet
# 704214
Srgb r g b
(112, 66, 20)
Hsv h s v
(30°, 82%, 44%)
Cielch uv l c h
(33, 45, 38°)
Source
Maerz and Paul
Iscc nbs descriptor
Strong brown

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
paint
Subclass of
brown
Named after
Sepia
Image
Cadires sota un tendal a la terrassa del Gran Hotel de Font-romeu.jpeg
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Commons category
Sepia photographs
sRGB color hex triplet
704214
different from
Sepia
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Encyclopedic overview

Sepia ink used for writing, drawing and as a colored wash by Leonardo da Vinci

Sepia is a reddish-brown color, named after the rich brown pigment derived from the ink sac of the common cuttlefish Sepia. The word sepia is the Latinized form of the Ancient Greek word σηπία (sēpía), meaning cuttlefish.

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