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Definition of 'sepia'Noun
( en-noun)
(archaic) The cuttlefish.
A dark brown pigment made from the secretions of the cuttlefish.
(colour) A dark, slightly reddish, brown colour.
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A sepia-coloured drawing or photograph.
Adjective
( en-adj)
(colour) Of a dark reddish-brown colour.
*{{quote-book|year=1963|author=(Margery Allingham)
|title=( The China Governess)
|chapter=3 citation
|passage= 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.}}
* 1985 — , The Infinity Doctors , p 209
- 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.
Related terms
* sepiolite
See also
* black and white
* color
* cuttlefish
* ink sac
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