sepia

(sē'pē-ə)
n.

1. 1. A dark brown ink or pigment originally prepared from the secretion of the cuttlefish.
   2. A drawing or picture done in this pigment.
   3. 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.

[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.

For a list of words related to sepia, see:

• Tools and Techniques - sepia: print or photograph made in a brownish hue that resembles sepia
• Reddish Brown

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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

Русский (Russian)
сепия

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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