1. Rich brown pigment prepared from the ink of cuttlefishes
   "The old photograph had a characteristic sepia tone"
    
2. A shade of brown with a tinge of red
   "The old photograph had faded to sepia";
   - reddish brown, burnt sienna, Venetian red, mahogany

1. Type genus of the Sepiidae
   - genus Sepia

Derived forms: sepias

Type of: brown, brownness, mollusk genus, pigment

Part of: family Sepiidae, Sepiidae

Encyclopedia: Sepia