sepia

Meanings

Noun

• A dark brown pigment made from the secretions of the cuttlefish.
• A dark, slightly reddish, brown colour.
• A sepia-coloured drawing or photograph.
• The cuttlefish.

Adjective

• Of a dark reddish-brown colour.

Origin

• From Latin sēpia, from Ancient Greek σηπία ("cuttlefish"), from σήψ. Compare Italian seppia.