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The majority of commercial

The majority of commercial Sepias contain black pigments something that it is wrong in my opinion. The original Sepia colour was made from the ink sucks of cuttlefish, ( which in Greek language is called σηπία- sepia). That "ink" was brownish but not a brownish version of black. Sepia should not look black in its darker washes. It is meant to be a dark cool brown and not a brownish black.
I make my own mix that doesn't contain black pigment but is made by a chromatic black mix of PR264+ PG7 ( a red mixed with phthalo green) in which I mix B. Umber PBr7.
This mix looks closer on how the original Sepia looks like, is semi transparent and it doesn't look black in its darker washes neither dull in its dried lighter washes.