Sepia (color)

The sepia color is a dark brown color. It is named after the rich brown pigment from the ink sac of the common cuttlefish Sepia.

• Sepia ink was used as writing ink in Greco-Roman civilization

The image above is Sepia

Color codes

• In HTML, Sepia's color code is #704214
• Sepia is composed by 43.9% red, 25.9% green and 7.8% blue.
• Sepia could be obtained by mixing #e08428 with #000000.
• Sepia's closest web-safe color is #663300.
• In CMYK, Sepia is composed by 0% cyan, 41.1% magenta, 82.1% yellow and 56.1% black.

Meanings

• Sepia can also be a filter to put in photos
• Sometimes sepia is confused with light Sepia
• Sepia is also know as deep orange and brown

Similar colors

• Gray-brown(code:#756b5b)
  • light brown(#ad9d86)
    • orangeish light brown(#a1865d)
      • Orangeish dark brown(#a8772d)
      • Gray orange(#d4c498)
      • Dark Gray orange(#63552d)
      • High contrast dark orange(#c49000)
      • light orange brown(#a8945d)
      • White sepia(#e3d3a6)
      • Light Sepia White(#fcf5e1)
      • Gray sepia(#d9d2bf)

Other type of similar colors

Sepia similar colors that are obtained mixing sepia and other colors.

• Cyan similar Sepia(#758e8f)
• Green Similar Sepia(#758f7f)
• Lime similar sepia(#798f75)
• Pink similar Sepia(#8f7585)
• Red similar sepia(#523c3c)

Sepia (color) Media

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  Sepia ink used for writing, drawing and as a colored wash by Leonardo da Vinci