sepia/ˈsiːpiə/EtymologyBorrowed from Latin sēpia (“cuttlefish”), from Ancient Greek σηπία (sēpía). Cognate with Italian seppia, Portuguese siba, and Spanish sepia.adjOf 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.”nounA 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.”A dark, slightly reddish, brown colour.A sepia-coloured drawing or photograph.A cuttlefish.