Sepia

Quick meaning: Sepia is a noun meaning (uncountable) A dark brown pigment made from the secretions of the cuttlefish.

Meaning

(uncountable) A dark brown pigment made from the secretions of the cuttlefish.

More Meanings

1. (uncountable) A dark, slightly reddish, brown colour.
2. (by extension, countable) A sepia-coloured drawing or photograph.
3. Of a dark reddish-brown colour.
4. (archaic, countable) A cuttlefish.

Example Sentences

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.

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.

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.

Word Forms

• sepias

Synonyms for sepia

Depending on context, synonyms include reddish brown.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include reddish brown, brown, toning, cuttlefish, sepiadariid, sepiostaire.

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