sepia

A dark brown ink or pigment originally prepared from the secretion of the cuttlefish.

A drawing or picture done in this pigment.

A photograph in a brown tint.

A dark grayish yellow brown to dark or moderate olive brown.

Of the color sepia.

Done or made in sepia.

A black secretion or ink produced by the cuttlefish; also, in the arts, a pigment prepared from this substance.

[capitalized] [NL.] A genus of cuttles, typical of the family Scpiidæ, and containing such species, as the common or officinal cuttle, S. officinalis. See also cuts under cuttlefish, Dibranchiata, and ink-bag.

A cuttlefish.