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Sepia Black

Chen Rui Neutral warm

Chen Rui 6 Sepia Black is a near-black orange alcohol marker in the Neutral family. It sits in the deepest shadow range, making it well-suited for deep shadows, outlines, night scenes. Warm undertones suit skin work, earth tones, and warm-light scenes.

Neutral family Warm temperature 11% lightness
Deep shadowsOutlinesNight scenesDark backgroundsCrisp linework
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Marker Facts

Marker Name
Sepia Black
Color Family
Neutral
Temperature
Warm
Lightness (HSL)
11%
Saturation (HSL)
59%
Palettes Using This Marker
0

Works Well With

Highlights
9
Chocolate Brown
+13 lightness
10
Deep Mahogany
+18 lightness
12
Dark Sienna
+27 lightness
11
Walnut Brown
+28 lightness
Analogous Colors
120
Pale Apricot
15° hue shift
102
Salmon Red
16° hue shift
130
Mustard
16° hue shift
163
Dark Warm Olive
16° hue shift
Complementary Accent

Opposite on the color wheel. Useful for contrast, focal points, and making warm colors stand out.

61
Cornflower
opposite hue
62
Medium Blue
opposite hue
63
Deep Blue
opposite hue
CG5
Cool Gray 5
opposite hue

Compatible Palettes

Curated palettes where 6 fits the color story by mood and hue.

✨ Milky Way Core
Dense violet fog lit from inside — the arm of the galaxy you live in, seen from your own backyard.
Celestial
✨ Deep Ebony
Very deep cool-warm brown — shadows pull toward indigo, highlights lift to burnished gold.
Skin Tones
🌑 Rich Umber
The deepest warm brown — gold catching the brow, the cheek, the jaw.
Skin Tones
🚗 Night Drive
Dashboard amber on your hands at 2 a.m.; everything past the windshield is one long blue tunnel.
Cinematic
🔥 Bonfire Night
Sparks past face height into cold November black; amber-white core, everyone silhouetted by cinder rim.
Lighting
♐ Sagittarius Arrow
Arrow already in the air — violet sky before dawn, orange horizon it's aimed at.
Zodiac
☄ Comet Trail
Ice blue front and amber dust tail — visiting once and leaving something in the atmosphere you can't explain.
Celestial
🌕 Blood Moon
Copper moon in a black sky — the night the orbit lines up and the earth interrupts its own shadow.
Celestial

Similar Colors in Neutral

1
Warm Black
near-black orange
#1C1410
7
Espresso
near-black orange
#3A2010
8
Dark Chocolate
deep orange
#4A2818
12
Dark Sienna
dark orange
#8A5438
2
Cool Black
near-black muted indigo
#141418
3
Neutral Black
near-black
#181818
9
Chocolate Brown
deep orange
#5C3220
10
Deep Mahogany
deep orange
#6E3C28

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