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.

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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