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Definitions for Sepia

[1] a brown pigment obtained from the inklike secretion of various cuttlefish and used with brush or pen in drawing.
[2] a drawing made with this pigment.
[3] a dark brown.
[4] Photography . a print or photograph made in this color.
[5] any of several cuttlefish of the genus Sepia, producing a dark fluid used naturally for defense and, by humans, in ink.
[6] of a brown, grayish brown, or olive brown similar to that of sepia ink.
[7] a dark reddish-brown pigment obtained from the inky secretion of the cuttlefish
[8] any cuttlefish of the genus Sepia
[9] a brownish tone imparted to a photograph, esp an early one such as a calotype. It can be produced by first bleaching a print (after fixing) and then immersing it for a short time in a solution of sodium sulphide or of alkaline thiourea
[10] a brownish-grey to dark yellowish-brown colour
[11] a drawing or photograph in sepia
[12] of the colour sepia or done in sepia a sepia print

Words related to Sepia

fawn, ginger, tan, toast, amber, brick, nut, buff, coffee, drab, dust, bronze, bay, ecru, beige, rust, copper, cinnamon, russet, puce

Words nearby Sepia

sephardi, sephardim, sepharvites, sepher torah, sephora, sepia, sepik, sepiolite, sepmag, sepn., sepoy

Origin of Sepia

1560–70; < Latin sēpia cuttlefish, its secretion < Greek sēpía; akin to sêpsis sepsis

Other words from Sepia

se·pi·a·like , adjective
se·pic [see -pik, sep -ik] /ˈsi pɪk, ˈsɛp ɪk/ , adjective

Word origin for Sepia

C16: from Latin: a cuttlefish, from Greek; related to Greek sēpein to make rotten

Synonyms for Sepia

amber, bay, beige, bister, brick, bronze, buff, chestnut, chocolate, cinnamon, cocoa, coffee, copper, drab, dust, ecru, fawn, ginger, hazel, henna, khaki, mahogany, nut, ochre, puce, russet, rust, sorrel, tan, toast, umber, auburn, burnt sienna, snuff-colored, tawny, terra-cotta