1
a
: a brown melanin-containing pigment from the ink of cuttlefishes
b
: the inky secretion of a cuttlefish
2
: a print or photograph of a brown color resembling sepia
3
: a brownish-gray to dark olive-brown color
1
: made of or done in sepia
2
: of the color sepia
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Maggie Gillette, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 May 2024
In the lead-up to this entrance, the stadium darkened as a three-minute video played on-screen, revealing a desert landscape of desolate sepia tones.
—Valerie Trapp, The Atlantic, 26 Apr. 2024
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Noun
To recreate this feeling, Golde recommends a sepia color palate.
—Maggie Gillette, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 May 2024
In the lead-up to this entrance, the stadium darkened as a three-minute video played on-screen, revealing a desert landscape of desolate sepia tones.
—Valerie Trapp, The Atlantic, 26 Apr. 2024
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“Sepia.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sepia. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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sepia
1 of 2 noun
se·pia
ˈsē-pē-ə 
1
: a brown pigment made from the ink of cuttlefishes
2
: a brownish gray
sepia
2 of 2 adjective
: of the color sepia
Medical Definition
sepia
noun
se·pia
ˈsē-pē-ə
1
capitalized
: a genus (the type of the family Sepiidae) of oval-bodied cephalopods that comprise the cuttlefishes and have a saclike organ containing a dark fluid and an internal shell mostly of calcium carbonate which has been used as an antacid and in tooth and polishing powders
2
: the inky secretion of a cuttlefish or a brown pigment from it
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