sepia
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se·pi·a
(sē'pē-ə) 
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n.
- A dark brown ink or pigment originally prepared from the secretion of the cuttlefish.
- A drawing or picture done in this pigment.
- A photograph in a brown tint.
- A dark grayish yellow brown to dark or moderate olive brown.
- Of the color sepia.
- Done or made in sepia.
[Middle English, cuttlefish, from Latin sēpia, cuttlefish, ink, from Greek sēpiā, cuttlefish, perhaps akin to sēpein, to make rotten.]
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1. Film whose color tends toward brown tones rather than shades of gray, giving the image an old-fashioned and sometimes dreamlike quality. Sepia also refers to the brownish color itself, as in sepia tones.
2. Brown color (as in sepia tones) resembling sepia, a brown pigment derived from the inky secretion of a cuttlefish.
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- Tools and Techniques - sepia: print or photograph made in a brownish hue that resembles sepia
- Reddish Brown
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Sepia (color)
This article is about the color. For other uses, see Sepia.
Sepia is a dark brown-grey 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 Greek σηπία, sēpía, cuttlefish.
Sepia in human culture
- Grisaille is a painting technique in which a painting is rendered solely in tones of gray, sepia, or dark green.
- In the last quarter of the 18th century, Professor Jacob Seydelmann of Dresden developed a process to extract and produce a more concentrated form of sepia for use in watercolors and oil paints.
- Sepia ink was commonly used as writing ink in classical times.
- Sepia tones are used in photography; the hue resembles the effect of aging in old photographs, and of older photographs chemically treated either for visual effect or for archival purposes. Many digital cameras now include a sepia tone option.
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| Auburn | Beaver | Beige | Bistre | Bole | Bronze | Brown | Buff | Burgundy | Burnt sienna |
| Burnt umber | Camel | Chamoisee | Chestnut | Chocolate | Coffee | Copper | Cordovan | Desert sand | |
| Earth yellow | Ecru | Fallow | Fawn | Field drab | Fulvous | Isabelline | Khaki | Lion | Liver |
| Mahogany | Maroon | Ochre | Raw umber | Redwood | Rufous | Russet | Rust | Sand | Sandy brown |
| Seal brown | Sepia | Sienna | Sinopia | Tan | Taupe | Tawny | Umber | Wenge | Wheat |
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Sepia
Dansk (Danish)
n. - sepia, sepiabrun farve
adj. - sepiabrun, sepia-
Nederlands (Dutch)
sepiakleurig, donkerbruin, tekening in sepia, sepiakleurige foto
Français (French)
n. - sépia, seiche
adj. - sépia
Deutsch (German)
n. - Sepia, Tintenfisch, Sepiabraun, Sepiazeichnung
adj. - sepiabraun, Sepia-
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - σέπια (χρωστική ουσία), μελάνι σουπιάς
adj. - σε χρώμα σέπια
Italiano (Italian)
seppia, color seppia
Português (Portuguese)
n. - sépia (f)
adj. - cor de sépia
Español (Spanish)
n. - sepia, jibia
adj. - de color sepia, a la sepia
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - sepia
adj. - sepiabrun, sepiafärgad
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
乌贼, 深褐色, 乌贼墨色, 乌贼墨色的, 使用乌贼墨颜料的
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 烏賊, 深褐色, 烏賊墨色
adj. - 烏賊墨色的, 使用烏賊墨顏料的
한국어 (Korean)
n. - 뼈오징어의 먹물, 세피아 그림물감, 세피아 색의 사진
adj. - 세피아 색의, 세피아 그림물감을 사용한
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 墨汁, セピア
adj. - セピアの, 暗褐色の皮膚をした, セピア色の
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) ألحبار : حيوان مائي هلامي يؤكل (صفه) لون بني داكن
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - דיו חומה, גוון חום המשמש בצילום
adj. - חום-כהה
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