Sepia Tones
Sepia Toning, like grayscale, refers to a monochromatic basis of color for a photograph. Rather than being based on a black and white color scale, sepia toning relies on a brown scale. Although sepia toning was a photographic technique commonly used in the early days of photography, photographers still use it today to lend their pictures a somber, serious and dramatic tone. For this reason, many gothic photographers treat their photos with sepia.
Like black and white film, sepia toning also adds a sense of class and timelessness to photos. In fact, the brown scale allows the picture treated in sepia to adopt the same feel as the original sepia pictures of the 1700s. This bridge of time lends sepia-treated photographs a classic, enduring look. If this is the look you are trying to achieve in your home or office, create a collage of Sepia photographs to make the statement.
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