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sepia
/ˈsiːpiə/
noun 4adj 1
Collocations
2ADJ.
drained
SEPIA + NOUN
delft
Definitions
noun
1
A dark brown pigment made from the secretions of the cuttlefish.
Sepia had some use in ancient times as a writing ink, and in modern times has has occasionally been used as a pigment, but it never attained any popularity, as it is extremely fugitive.
2
A dark, slightly reddish, brown colour.
3
A sepia-coloured drawing or photograph.
4
A cuttlefish.
adj
1
Of a dark reddish-brown colour.
Sepia Delft tiles surrounded the fireplace, their crudely drawn Biblical scenes in faded cyclamen blending with the pinkish pine, while above them, instead of a mantelshelf, there was an archway high enough to form a balcony with slender balusters and a tapestry-hung wall behind.
Only now did he realise how few colours there had been at the end of the universe. The world had been sepia, drained of colour and light.
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Synonyms
noun — a shade of brown with a tinge of red
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Sepia had some use in ancient times as a writing ink, and in modern times has has occasionally been used as a pigment, but it never attained any popularity, as it is extremely fugitive.
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Sepia Delft tiles surrounded the fireplace, their crudely drawn Biblical scenes in faded cyclamen blending with the pinkish pine, while above them, instead of a mantelshelf, there was an archway high
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Only now did he realise how few colours there had been at the end of the universe. The world had been sepia, drained of colour and light.
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