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countable and uncountable, plural sepias
A dark brown pigment made from the secretions of the cuttlefish. examples
A dark, slightly reddish, brown colour. examples
(by extension, countable) A sepia-coloured drawing or photograph. examples
(archaic, countable) The cuttlefish.
comparative more sepia, superlative most sepia
(colour) Of a dark reddish-brown colour. quotations examples
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.
1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 3, in The China Governess
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.
1985, Lance Parkin, The Infinity Doctors, page 209
Dawn mist rolling off the adjacent North Downs creates a sepia effect over the river with no need for digital enhancement.
2021 July 14, “Modern Images”, in RAIL, number 935, page 37, photo caption