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| Hex triplet | #704214 | |
| RGBB | (r, g, b) | (112, 66, 20) |
| HSV | (h, s, v) | (30°, 82%, 44%) |
| Source | BF2S Color Guide | |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
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Sepia is a dark brown-grey color, named after the rich brown pigment derived from the ink sac of the common cuttlefish. The word sepia is Greek for "cuttlefish".
Sepia in human culture
- In the last quarter of the 18th century, Professor Jacob Seydelmann of Dresden developed a process to extract and produce a more concentrated form for use in watercolors and oil paints.
- It has been suggested that the actual skin color of most black people would be most accurately represented by the color sepia.
- There is a magazine for African-Americans called Sepia, which was started in 1947.
- Sepia ink was commonly used as writing ink in classical times.
- Sepia tones are used in photography; the hue resembles the effect of aging in old photographs and photographs chemically treated for archival purposes, an effect sometimes created by purpose. Many digital cameras include a sepia tone effect as well.
