Sepia vs Monochrome - What's the difference?
sepia | monochrome |
(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.
(colour) Of a dark reddish-brown colour.
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A black and white image, especially such a photograph.
(dated) A painting executed in shades of a single colour.
A ceramic glaze of a single colour; an object so glazed.
having only one colour
(photography) representing colours with shades of gray
As nouns the difference between sepia and monochrome
is that sepia is the cuttlefish while monochrome is a black and white , especially such a photograph.As adjectives the difference between sepia and monochrome
is that sepia is Of a dark reddish-brown colour while monochrome is having only one colour.sepia
English
(wikipedia sepia)Noun
(en noun)Adjective
(en adjective)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.}}
- 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.
