sepia
/ˈsiːpiə/
adjective
- Having a dark reddish-brown color, especially like that of old photographs.
- He wore a sepia jacket that matched the autumn leaves.
- The sepia filter on the app made the picture look antique.
- The sepia tones of the painting gave it a nostalgic feel.
noun
- A dark reddish-brown color, like the color of old photographs.
- The artist used sepia ink for her sketches.
- She painted the walls a soft sepia to give the room a vintage feel.
- The old family photo had a warm sepia tone.
- A photograph or image that is colored in shades of brown, often to look old-fashioned.
- He framed a sepia of his grandparents on their wedding day.
- The museum displayed a collection of sepia from the 19th century.
- The book was filled with beautiful sepia of the old city.
- A dark brown pigment made from the ink of cuttlefish, used in drawing and writing.
- She bought a bottle of sepia to use in her art class.
- Many old manuscripts were written with sepia ink.
- The calligrapher preferred sepia for its rich, warm tone.