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.[1]
- Sepia ink was used as writing ink in Greco-Roman civilization
Color codes
[change | change source]- In HTML, Sepia's color code is #704214
- Sepia is composed by 43.9% red, 25.9% green and 7.8% blue.[2]
- 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
[change | change source]- 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
[change | change source]- 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)
- orangeish light brown(#a1865d)
- light brown(#ad9d86)
Other type of similar colors
[change | change source]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)
References
[change | change source]- ↑ St. Clair, Kassia (2016). The Secret Lives of Colour. London: John Murray. p. 248–249. ISBN 9781473630819. OCLC 936144129.
- ↑ "Sepia / #704214 hex color".
