sepia
1 of 2noun
se·pia ˈsē-pē-ə 
1
a
: a brown melanin-containing pigment from the ink of cuttlefishes
b
: the inky secretion of a cuttlefish
2
: a print or photograph of a brown color resembling sepia
3
: a brownish-gray to dark olive-brown color
sepia
2 of 2adjective
1
: made of or done in sepia
2
: of the color sepia
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web
Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 16 Sep. 2022 There have been conversations about it from the moment people worked out how to use filters to do more than just make things sepia-toned. Kate Lloyd, refinery29.com, 29 Aug. 2022 Pennsylvania’s suburbs are swapped for a working-class town more firmly in the Rust Belt; the aesthetic is dustier, with a sepia sheen coating every frame. Caroline Framke, Variety, 26 July 2022 The sepia portrait showed a fresh-faced cadet, barely older than Nikita was now, in a Red Army tunic and wool cap. James Verini, New York Times, 19 May 2022 For the love of Aluche, do not use sepia filters for scenes set in Mexico. Fidel Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2022 Visitors accustomed to seeing big, bold, up-to-the-minute artworks at the Transformer Station gallery in Ohio City may be taken aback by all the sepia flooding the walls this winter. Steven Litt, cleveland, 13 Feb. 2022 Rarely are the heartbroken encouraged to return to their lovers, to seek restitution of a sepia-hued past. Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Feb. 2022 The Brass Funky Charger Jailbreak is shown with Hellraisin paint, sepia Laguna leather seats with matching floor mats, suede headliner, and an alcantara steering wheel. Austin Irwin, Car and Driver, 16 Nov. 2021 Washington Post, 14 May 2021 Cyclists have always adapted to a variety of terrain, as those old, sepia-tone photographs of the Tour de France from the early 1900s will attest. Brion O’connor, BostonGlobe.com, 10 July 2019 All the group has to go on is an old, wallet-sized sepia photograph. San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 June 2019 In fact, the first half of the movie is a mostly plotless, sepia-tone slog, whose copious scenes of tree-chopping, pillow talk and creepy cult rituals prompted a handful of fest-goers to walk out. Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 21 Jan. 2018 But Lepp, who lives in Seattle and has a background in film and the gaming industry, has so much more invested in these sepia panels, and so many stories to tell. Steve Duin, OregonLive.com, 1 Feb. 2018 The ancient couples were quaint in the stiff, sepia photos posing in their Sunday best or in jerky 16-millimeter home movies. Anna Fels, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2017 The top filters used by depressed individuals were: InkwellCremaWillowInkwell and Willow turn the photos into black-and-white, and Crema turns the photos into a darker, more sepia tone. Daniel Wheaton, sandiegouniontribune.com, 15 Aug. 2017 Of looking through the shiny new towers and having sepia dreams of what the buildings must have looked like when my grandfather left it behind. Karissa Chen, Longreads, 8 July 2017 See More
Noun
Like the truffle-fragrant mushroom pasta, the pork dish is sepia-toned and deceptive. Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 16 Sep. 2022 There have been conversations about it from the moment people worked out how to use filters to do more than just make things sepia-toned. Kate Lloyd, refinery29.com, 29 Aug. 2022 Pennsylvania’s suburbs are swapped for a working-class town more firmly in the Rust Belt; the aesthetic is dustier, with a sepia sheen coating every frame. Caroline Framke, Variety, 26 July 2022 The sepia portrait showed a fresh-faced cadet, barely older than Nikita was now, in a Red Army tunic and wool cap. James Verini, New York Times, 19 May 2022 For the love of Aluche, do not use sepia filters for scenes set in Mexico. Fidel Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2022 Visitors accustomed to seeing big, bold, up-to-the-minute artworks at the Transformer Station gallery in Ohio City may be taken aback by all the sepia flooding the walls this winter. Steven Litt, cleveland, 13 Feb. 2022 Rarely are the heartbroken encouraged to return to their lovers, to seek restitution of a sepia-hued past. Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Feb. 2022 The Brass Funky Charger Jailbreak is shown with Hellraisin paint, sepia Laguna leather seats with matching floor mats, suede headliner, and an alcantara steering wheel. Austin Irwin, Car and Driver, 16 Nov. 2021 Adjective
The sepia blowups of crab fisherman, outside and in, are especially arresting. Washington Post, 14 May 2021 Cyclists have always adapted to a variety of terrain, as those old, sepia-tone photographs of the Tour de France from the early 1900s will attest. Brion O’connor, BostonGlobe.com, 10 July 2019 All the group has to go on is an old, wallet-sized sepia photograph. San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 June 2019 In fact, the first half of the movie is a mostly plotless, sepia-tone slog, whose copious scenes of tree-chopping, pillow talk and creepy cult rituals prompted a handful of fest-goers to walk out. Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 21 Jan. 2018 But Lepp, who lives in Seattle and has a background in film and the gaming industry, has so much more invested in these sepia panels, and so many stories to tell. Steve Duin, OregonLive.com, 1 Feb. 2018 The ancient couples were quaint in the stiff, sepia photos posing in their Sunday best or in jerky 16-millimeter home movies. Anna Fels, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2017 The top filters used by depressed individuals were: InkwellCremaWillowInkwell and Willow turn the photos into black-and-white, and Crema turns the photos into a darker, more sepia tone. Daniel Wheaton, sandiegouniontribune.com, 15 Aug. 2017 Of looking through the shiny new towers and having sepia dreams of what the buildings must have looked like when my grandfather left it behind. Karissa Chen, Longreads, 8 July 2017 See More Word History
Etymology
Noun
Latin, cuttlefish, ink, from Greek sēpia
First Known Use
Noun
1821, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Adjective
1827, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Medical Definition
sepia
noun
se·pia ˈsē-pē-ə
1
capitalized : a genus (the type of the family Sepiidae) of oval-bodied cephalopods that comprise the cuttlefishes and have a saclike organ containing a dark fluid and an internal shell mostly of calcium carbonate which has been used as an antacid and in tooth and polishing powders
2
: the inky secretion of a cuttlefish or a brown pigment from it
sepias
noun
as in monochromes
Synonyms & Similar Words
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- blowups
- close-ups
- telephotos