sepia
Cuttlefish ink color
Sepia is a reddish-brown color, or a photograph or print in that brownish tone.
Old photographs often have a sepia tint, either from the original developing process or from aging, so sepia evokes nostalgia and the past: The film opens with sepia-toned footage of the 1920s.
The color comes from the ink of cuttlefish, historically used for writing and drawing.
Natural earth pigment
- siennaEarthy artist's pigment
- tanYellowish-brown hue
- beigePale sandy brown
- ochreIron-rich earth pigment
brown · amber · caramel · chestnut · copper · bronze · sand · taupe
Color-changing cephalopod with internal shell
- inkWriting fluid
- molluskSoft-bodied invertebrate, often shelled
- tentaclesFlexible grasping appendages
- cuttleboneInternal cephalopod shell
camouflage · mantle · siphon · aquarium · Mediterranean · paella · risotto · pasta
Quality from past eras
- antiqueOld valued collectible
- old-fashionedBelonging to earlier times
- fadedLost original color
- yellowedFaded to cream
aged · weathered · timeworn · memories · bygone · yesteryear · retro · nostalgic
umber
Natural earth pigment
ochre · brown · amber · caramel · chestnut · copper · bronze · sand · taupe · mocha
cuttlefish
Color-changing cephalopod with internal shell
cuttlebone · camouflage · mantle · siphon · aquarium · Mediterranean · paella · risotto · pasta
vintage
Quality from past eras
- antiqueOld valued collectible
- old-fashionedBelonging to earlier times
- fadedLost original color
yellowed · aged · weathered · timeworn · memories · bygone · yesteryear · retro · nostalgic · sentimental
daguerreotype
First commercial photography method
monochrome · film · darkroom · toning · fading · yellowed · contrast · grain · emulsion · gelatin
warm
Moderately heated, or friendly
soft · golden · autumnal · cozy · faded · subdued · candlelit · fireside · aged · burnished
- color schemesmonochromatic, complementary, analogous, triadic, neutral
- ink drawingink drawing, pen and ink, inking, linework, line work
- color correctioncolorization, colorize, recoloring, tinting, white balance
- coloresazul, negro, naranja, rosa, celeste
- colorsred, blue, green, yellow, orange
- photosphotograph, photos, photo, snapshot, picture
sepiafull color
Using complete chromatic range
technicolor · vivid · saturated · high-definition · polychrome
sepiafuturistic
Suggestive of times ahead
modern · contemporary · digital · high-definition · neon
- sepia toneWarm brownish photo tint
- sepia photoBrown-tinted vintage image
- sepia inkBrown pigment from cuttlefish