sepia
Example Sentences
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The sepia fog turned to bright colors and deep shadows in the late-afternoon sun.
From Los Angeles Times
The scene has an almost sepia glaze, thick with symbolism: the dying of the sunlight, the father in solitude.
From Washington Post
This is a low-budget project that looks like it was made on the cheap, with minimal sets and flat lighting, overlaid with the kind of sepia haze common to straight-to-video westerns.
From Los Angeles Times
Like most colors, it has a long and fascinating history, from umber in prehistoric cave paintings to sepia ink used by the ancient Greeks and Romans to raw sienna used by Renaissance artists.
From Seattle Times
He showed me a painting of a sepia photo of his mother, Marta, when she was young, giving a fetching smile, flashing her son’s brown eyes, wearing a coat with a fur collar.
From New York Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
