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Sepia

//ˈsiːpiə// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of a dark reddish-brown colour.

    "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."

Noun
  1. 1
    A dark brown pigment made from the secretions of the cuttlefish. uncountable

    "Sepia had some use in ancient times as a writing ink, and in modern times has has occasionally been used as a pigment, but it never attained any popularity, as it is extremely fugitive."

  2. 2
    a shade of brown with a tinge of red wordnet
  3. 3
    A dark, slightly reddish, brown colour. uncountable
  4. 4
    rich brown pigment prepared from the ink of cuttlefishes wordnet
  5. 5
    A sepia-coloured drawing or photograph. broadly, countable
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  1. 6
    A cuttlefish. archaic, countable

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin sēpia (“cuttlefish”), from Ancient Greek σηπία (sēpía). Cognate with Italian seppia, Portuguese siba, and Spanish sepia.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin sēpia (“cuttlefish”), from Ancient Greek σηπία (sēpía). Cognate with Italian seppia, Portuguese siba, and Spanish sepia.

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