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sepia
/ˈsipiə/
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What does sepia mean?
noun
- A dark brown pigment made from the secretions of the cuttlefish.
- A dark, slightly reddish, brown colour.
- A sepia-coloured drawing or photograph.
More meanings (2)
adjective
- Of a dark reddish-brown colour.
noun
- (archaic) A cuttlefish.
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IPA pronunciation
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We found four subfuse young men, with complexions shaded from pale coffee-colour to deep sepia, at supper in the dining-room.
It reminded me of a sepia painting I had once seen done from the ink of a fossil Belemnite that must have perished and become fossilised millions of years ago.
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There are the flashing eyes and the grinning rows of white teeth; all else is clouded in thick layers of dust, with black spots and stencillings showing here and there like a picture in sepia and chalk.
The whole of these areas was more or less densely speckled with pigmented, freckle-like spots, varying in tint from a light, raw umber to a deep sepia, and in size from a pin's head to a bean, and of a roundish and irregular shape.