sepia

  • 51sepia — se|pi|a [ˈsi:piə] n [U] [Date: 1300 1400; : Latin; Origin: cuttlefish , from Greek; because the color is obtained from a liquid in cuttlefishes bodies] 1.) a dark reddish brown colour 2.) sepia photograph/print a photograph, picture etc,… …

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  • 52sepia — se|pia <zu ↑Sepia, nach der Farbe des Sekrets> grau bis schwarzbraun …

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  • 53sepia —    Dark reddish brown. Usually refers to pigments of inks used in drawing, printmaking, and photography. Because so many monochromatic photographs were produced in sepia tones during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, contemporary… …

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  • 54sepia — [ si:pɪə] noun 1》 a reddish brown colour associated particularly with early monochrome photographs. 2》 a brown pigment prepared from cuttlefish ink, used in monochrome drawing and in watercolours. 3》 cuttlefish ink. Origin ME (denoting a… …

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  • 55sepia — noun (U) 1 a dark reddish brown colour 2 sepia photograph/print a photograph, picture etc, especially an old one, that is this colour 3 an ink used for drawing which has this colour …

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  • 56sepia —   n. cuttle fish; inky secretion of cuttle fish; rich brown pigment obtained from this.    ♦ sepic, a. done in sepia colour.    ♦ sepiarian,    ♦ sepiary, n. & a. (pertaining to) cuttle fish …

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  • 57sepia — se|pia sb., en, er, erne (et brunligt farvestof), i sms. sepia , fx sepiabrun …

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  • 58Sepia (genus) — Sepia Temporal range: Miocene – Recent[1][2] …

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  • 60Sepia tone — refers to the coloring of a black and white photographic print or motion picture film that has been toned with a sepia toner to simulate the faded brownish color of some early photographs. This process can be simulated using a computer and… …

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