sepia

se·pi·a  (sp-)

n.

1.

a. A dark brown ink or pigment originally prepared from the secretion of the cuttlefish.

b. A drawing or picture done in this pigment.

c. A photograph in a brown tint.

2. A dark grayish yellow brown to dark or moderate olive brown.

adj.

1. Of the color sepia.

2. Done or made in sepia.

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[Middle English, cuttlefish, from Latin spia, cuttlefish, ink, from Greek spi, cuttlefish; perhaps akin to spein, to make rotten.]

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sepia

Adjective

dark reddish-brown, like the colour of very old photographs [Latin: a cuttlefish]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	sepia - a shade of brown with a tinge of red burnt sienna, reddish brown, Venetian red, mahogany brown, brownness - an orange of low brightness and saturation brick red - a bright reddish-brown color copper color, copper - a reddish-brown color resembling the color of polished copper Indian red - a reddish-brown color resembling the red soil used as body paint by American Indians
	2.	sepia - rich brown pigment prepared from the ink of cuttlefishes pigment - dry coloring material (especially a powder to be mixed with a liquid to produce paint, etc.)
	3.	Sepia - type genus of the Sepiidae genus Sepia mollusk genus - a genus of mollusks family Sepiidae, Sepiidae - true cuttlefishes cuttle, cuttlefish - ten-armed oval-bodied cephalopod with narrow fins as long as the body and a large calcareous internal shell

Translations

sepia [ˈsiːpɪə] adj → color sepia inv

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sepia [ˈsiːpjə] adj → sepiafarben

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sepia

n / adj sepia [ˈsiːpiə]

(of) a brown colour a sepia photograph. sepia لَوْن بُنّي داكِن сепия sépie, sépiový brun; sepia Sepia (Farbstoff) (από) καφέ, καστανό χρώμα sepia seepiapruun قهوه اي مايل به قرمز seepia sépia צֶבַע חוּם समुद्रफेनी मत्सय द्वारा विसर्जित स्याही sepija (boja) szépia warna coklat dökkbrúnn (litur) color seppia seppiafotografia セピア色の 암갈색(의) sepija; tamsiai rusvas sēpija warna sepia sepia sepiabrun(t) sepia sépia sepia сепия sépia; sépiový sepija cvrenkasto-braon sepiabrun สีน้ำตาลแก่อย่างรูปถ่าย kahverengi 深棕色的 сепія گہرا سرخی مائل بھورا رنگ màu nâu đỏ 深棕色的