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"code": "ja",
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"ref": "1985, Lance Parkin, The Infinity Doctors, page 209",
"text": "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.",
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"ref": "2021 July 14, “Modern Images”, in RAIL, number 935, page 37, photo caption",
"text": "Dawn mist rolling off the adjacent North Downs creates a sepia effect over the river with no need for digital enhancement.",
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "sépija",
"sense": "of a dark reddish-brown colour",
"word": "се́пия"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "of a dark reddish-brown colour",
"word": "sèpia"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "of a dark reddish-brown colour",
"word": "sépia"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "of a dark reddish-brown colour",
"word": "sepia"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "of a dark reddish-brown colour",
"word": "sépia"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "sepiairo no",
"sense": "of a dark reddish-brown colour",
"word": "セピア色の"
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "of a dark reddish-brown colour",
"word": "sépia"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "of a dark reddish-brown colour",
"word": "sepia"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "of a dark reddish-brown colour",
"word": "sepiafärgad"
}
],
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"sepia"
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