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Sepia vs Grayscale - What's the difference?

sepia | grayscale |

As nouns the difference between sepia and grayscale

is that sepia is the cuttlefish while grayscale is a printed strip of graduated tones used to check exposure and development times.

As adjectives the difference between sepia and grayscale

is that sepia is   Of a dark reddish-brown colour while grayscale is black and white, representing color with shades of gray.

As a verb grayscale is

to convert to grayscale.

sepia

English

(wikipedia sepia)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (archaic) The cuttlefish.
  • A dark brown pigment made from the secretions of the cuttlefish.
  • (colour) A dark, slightly reddish, brown colour.
  • A sepia-coloured drawing or photograph.
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (colour)  Of a dark reddish-brown colour.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
  • , title=(The China Governess) , chapter=3 citation , passage=Sepia Delft tiles surrounded the fireplace, their crudely drawn Biblical scenes in faded cyclamen blending with the pinkish pine, while above them, instead of a mantelshelf, there was an archway high enough to form a balcony with slender balusters and a tapestry-hung wall behind.}}
  • * 1985 — , The Infinity Doctors , p 209
  • Only now did he realise how few colours there had been at the end of the universe. The world had been sepia , drained of colour and light.

    See also

    * black and white * color * cuttlefish * ink sac *

    Anagrams

    * ----

    grayscale

    English

    Alternative forms

    * greyscale * gray scale * grey scale

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (photography) A printed strip of graduated tones used to check exposure and development times.
  • Adjective

    (-)
  • (label) black and white, representing color with shades of gray.
  • Synonyms

    * black and white * monochrome

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To convert to grayscale.
  • Anagrams

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