Sepia /(?)/

Se·pi·a

Sepia

n.

pl. Sepias, Sepiae

  1. The common European cuttlefish. (Zool.)
  2. A pigment prepared from the ink, or black secretion, of the sepia, or cuttlefish. Treated with caustic potash, it has a rich brown color; and this mixed with a red forms Roman sepia. Cf. India ink, under India.

Phrases & Compounds
Sepia drawing
a drawing in monochrome, made in sepia alone, or in sepia with other brown pigments.

Sepia

a.
  1. Of a dark brown color, with a little red in its composition; also, made of, or done in, sepia.