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One taken in by copies turning up in colour (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sepia

'colour' is the definition.
(I know that sepia is a colour)

'one taken in by copies turning up' is the wordplay.
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'taken in by' indicates putting letters inside.
'copies' becomes 'apes' ('ape' can be a synonym of 'copy').
'turning up' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'i' put into 'apes' is 'aipes'.
'aipes' in reverse letter order is 'SEPIA'.

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for sepia that I've seen before include "Colour of old photographs" , "Brown colour of old photo" , "Sort of drawing" , "Sort of ink" , "Brown pigment produced from cuttlefish ink" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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