Sepia Toning
A chemical treatment that turns the cool black of a silver print into warm brown and makes it more durable. Widely used from the late 19th century for portraits and landscapes, it became shorthand for old photographs.
Spot it
- 01Warm chocolate-brown tones
- 02Cream-yellow paper highlights
- 03Soft faded contrast
Why it happens
The metallic silver image is bleached and converted to silver sulfide, a brown compound that is more stable and shifts the entire tonal range toward warm brown.
Recreate it in Pixio
Image edit prompt“Convert this image into a sepia-toned silver gelatin print: monochrome warm brown shadows, cream-yellow highlights, softly faded contrast, fine film grain, slightly yellowed paper edges and subtle age spots. Use only brown tones, no other colors. Keep the original subject and composition.”
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