Meaning of Sepia | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A dark brown pigment made from the secretions of the cuttlefish.
   uncountable
2. A dark, slightly reddish, brown colour.
   uncountable
3. A sepia-coloured drawing or photograph.
   broadly, countable
4. A cuttlefish.
   archaic, countable

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Examples

“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.”

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