1. sepia - Noun
2. sepia - Adjective
The common European cuttlefish.
A genus comprising the common cuttlefish and numerous similar species. See Illustr. under Cuttlefish.
A pigment prepared from the ink, or black secretion, of the sepia, or cuttlefish. Treated with caustic potash, it has a rich brown color; and this mixed with a red forms Roman sepia. Cf. India ink, under India.
Of a dark brown color, with a little red in its composition; also, made of, or done in, sepia.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThe older one becomes the quicker the present fades into sepia and the past looms up in glorious technicolour. Beryl Bainbridge
For as long as I can remember, I have been passionately intrigued by 'Africa,' by the word itself, by its flora and fauna, its topographical diversity and grandeur; but above all else, by the sheer variety of the colors of its people, from tan and sepia to jet and ebony. Henry Louis Gates
Without poetry, stories would be told in sepia. Ellen Hopkins
Like walking through a door. Our relationship immediately attained a sepia tone: the past. Gillian Schieber Flynn
Choosing sepia is all to do with trying to make the image look romantic and idealistic. It's sort of a soft version of propaganda. Martin Parr
And this quiz tests the knowledge of even the most well-travelled geography buffs, with a challenge to pick the city where old sepia photographs were taken. Source: Internet