sepia

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈsiːpiə/

Noun

sepia

1. A dark brown pigment made from the secretions of the cuttlefish. [from 1820s]
2. A dark, slightly reddish, brown colour.

    

3. (by extension, countable) A sepia-coloured drawing or photograph.
4. (archaic, countable) The cuttlefish. [from 16th c.]

Translations

• French: sépia
• Russian: се́пия
• Spanish: sepia

Translations

• French: sépia
• Portuguese: sépia

Translations

• French: sépia
• Portuguese: sépia

Adjective

sepia

1. (colour)  Of a dark reddish-brown colour.
   • 1985 — Lance Parkin, 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.

Translations

• French: sépia
• Portuguese: sépia

Related terms

• sepiolite

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