The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sepia \Se"pi*a\, n.; pl. E. Sepias, L. Sepi[ae]. [L., fr. Gr. ??? the cuttlefish, or squid.]
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(Zo["o]l.)
The common European cuttlefish.
A genus comprising the common cuttlefish and numerous similar species. See Illustr. under Cuttlefish.
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A pigment prepared from the ink, or black secretion, of the sepia, or cuttlefish. Treated with caustic potash, it has a rich brown color; and this mixed with a red forms Roman sepia. Cf. India ink, under India.
Sepia drawing or Sepia picture, a drawing in monochrome, made in sepia alone, or in sepia with other brown pigments.
Usage examples of "sepia picture".
There was an unmistakable resemblance between Edwina and the woman in the sepia picture.
The spotty president ascended with Byron to a back bedroom where the same sepia picture of Marlene Dietrich hung, wrinkling and askew.