| Sepia | |
|---|---|
 Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #704214 |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (112, 66, 20) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (30°, 82%, 44%) |
| CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (33, 45, 38°) |
| Source | Maerz and Paul[1] |
| ISCC–NBS descriptor | Strong brown |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
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Sepia is a reddish-brown color, named after the rich brown pigment derived from the ink sac of the common cuttlefish Sepia.[2] The word sepia is the Latinized form of the Greek σηπία, sēpía, cuttlefish.[3]
- ^ 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.
- ^ St. Clair, Kassia (2016). The Secret Lives of Colour. London: John Murray. pp. 248–249. ISBN 978-1-4736-3081-9. OCLC 936144129.
- ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Colour New York:1930 McGraw Hill. Discussion of the colour Sepia, Page 179