sepia

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a dark reddish-brown color associated with old photographs and drawings

   The photograph had faded from black to a warm sepia.

2. 2
   noun

   a brown pigment traditionally prepared from cuttlefish ink

   The artist used sepia to make a monochrome wash drawing.

Borrowed from Latin sepia ('cuttlefish'), from Ancient Greek sepia. The animal's dark ink supplied the pigment, whose name was then transferred to its characteristic reddish-brown color.

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