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sepia
"rich brown pigment," 1821, from It. seppia "cuttlefish" (borrowed with that meaning in Eng. by 1569), from L. sepia "cuttlefish," from Gk. The color was that of brown paint or ink prepared from the fluid secretions of the cuttlefish. Meaning "a sepia drawing" is recorded from 1863.

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

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sepia
etymology, Latin, cuttlefish, ink, from Greek sepia
1: the inky secretion of a cuttlefish b : a brown melanin-containing pigment from the ink of cuttlefishes
2: a print or photograph of a brown color resembling sepia
3: a brownish gray to dark olive brown color

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