[se.pia] n [L, cuttlefish, ink, fr. Gk sepia] (1821) 1 a: the inky secretion of a cuttlefish b: a brown melanin-containing pigment from the ink of cuttlefishes
2: a print or photograph of a brown color resembling sepia
3: a brownish gray to dark olive brown color
[2]sepia adj (1827) 1: made of or done in sepia
2: of the color sepia