sepia
noun
- reddish-brown color, named after the rich brown pigment derived from the ink sac of the common cuttlefish Sepia
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈsiːpiə/
adj
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin sēpia (“cuttlefish”), from Ancient Greek σηπία (sēpía). Cognate with Italian seppia, Portuguese siba, and Spanish sepia.
- Of a dark reddish-brown colour.
“Sepia Delft tiles surrounded the fireplace, their crudely drawn Biblical scenes in faded cyclamen blending with the pinkish pine, while above them, instead of a mantelshelf, there was an archway high enough to form a balcony with slender balusters and a tapestry-hung wall behind.”
“Only now did he realise how few colours there had been at the end of the universe. The world had been sepia, drained of colour and light.”
noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin sēpia (“cuttlefish”), from Ancient Greek σηπία (sēpía). Cognate with Italian seppia, Portuguese siba, and Spanish sepia.
- A dark brown pigment made from the secretions of the cuttlefish.
“Sepia had some use in ancient times as a writing ink, and in modern times has has occasionally been used as a pigment, but it never attained any popularity, as it is extremely fugitive.”
- A dark, slightly reddish, brown colour.
- A sepia-coloured drawing or photograph.
- A cuttlefish.