sepia

adjective
🔊/ˈsiːpiə/
🔊/ˈsiːpiə/
[usually before noun]
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  1. made using sepia (= a brown substance used in inks and paints and used in the past for printing photographs)乌贼墨颜料(或墨汁)
    • sepia photographs/prints/ink 棕褐色照片/印刷品/墨水
  2. red-brown in colour深褐色
    • a sepia tone/tint棕褐色调/色调
    Topics Colours and Shapesc2

sepia

noun
🔊/ˈsiːpiə/
🔊/ˈsiːpiə/
[uncountable]
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  1. a brown substance used in inks and paints and used in the past for printing photographs乌贼墨颜料(或墨汁)Topics Artc2
  2. a red-brown colour深褐色Topics Colours and Shapesc2
  3. Word Originlate Middle English (denoting a cuttlefish): via Latin from Greek sēpia ‘cuttlefish’. The current senses date from the early 19th cent.