sepia
noun/ˈsiːpiə/
/ˈsiːpiə/
[uncountable]- a brown substance used in inks and paints and used in the past for printing photographsTopics Artc2
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- a red-brown colourTopics Colours and Shapesc2
Word Originlate Middle English (denoting a cuttlefish): via Latin from Greek sēpia ‘cuttlefish’. The current senses date from the early 19th cent.
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