Sepia (color)

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Sepia
 
CIELChuv (L, C, h)
(33, 45, 38°)
SourceMaerz and Paul[1]
ISCC–NBS descriptorStrong brown
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)
Sepia ink used for writing, drawing and as a colored wash by Leonardo da Vinci

Sepia is a reddish-brown

Sepia.[2] The word sepia is the Latinized form of the Greek σηπία, sēpía, cuttlefish.[3]

In the visual arts

Sepia

watercolors and oil paints.[5]

Sepia toning is a chemical process used in photography which changes the appearance of black-and-white prints to brown.[2][6] The color is now often associated with antique photographs. Most photo graphics software programs and many digital cameras include a sepia tone filter to mimic the appearance of sepia-toned prints.[2][7]

Other uses

In the 1940s in the United States, music intended for

African-Americans called Sepia, which existed from 1947 to 1983 (although the name Sepia was only applied after a change of ownership in 1953).[11]

Acclaimed Russian director

science-fiction film Stalker to visually distinguish scenes set in the ordinary world from the world of the forbidden Zone, which is portrayed in color.[12]

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sepia (color).

References

  1. ^ The color displayed in the color box above matches the colour called sepia in the 1930 book by Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Colour New York:1930 McGraw-Hill; the color sepia is displayed on page 39, Plate 8, Colour Sample A10.
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  3. ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Colour New York:1930 McGraw Hill. Discussion of the colour Sepia, Page 179
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  5. ISBN 978-0-486-14242-5
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  6. ISBN 978-1-350-09045-3
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  7. ISBN 978-1-4354-5921-2
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  8. ISBN 978-0-7619-2764-8
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  9. ISBN 978-0-285-64024-5
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  10. ISBN 978-1-101-61626-0
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  11. ^ Mia Chandra Long, Seeking A Place In The Sun: Sepia Magazine's Endeavor For Quality Journalism and Place In The Negro Market, 1951–1982, PhD dissertation, Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama, 2011, pp. 5, footnote 16
  12. ISBN 978-1-349-11996-7
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