sepian

Of the sepia, i.e. the cuttlefish.

He who dived in the swirling Maelstrom saw none to compare with them in horror: tentacular convolutions, tumid bulges, glaring orbs of sepian deformity, would have looked to him innocence beside such incarnations of hatefulness...

Of a dark or inky colour, often in reference to skin pigmentation.

Randomly selecting a fruit fly with sepian (dark brown) eyes

Belonging to or pertaining to black Americans or African Americans, who typically have dark pigmentation of the skin.

Nineteenth century sepian musicals included Sam T. Jack's "Creoles" -1890...

A black American or African American.

Chicago Defender columnists forewarned viewers that despite [The World, the Flesh and the Devil's] marketing as the "first interracial romance between male Sepian and non-Sepian female star," the only personal contact between Belafonte and Stevens occurs during the haircut scene and when she takes his hand.