I've talked a bit about black and white, so I thought I'd include some research into sepia tone. I didn't really know it's origins until I read this...
The term sepia tone refers to a photograph printed in brownscale, rather than grayscale. The resulting image is considered a monotone in shades of brown. Many old photographs were printed with sepia ink extracted from cuttlefish, and photographs printed in this style tend to evoke an older era.
I like the sepia tone effect as long as it is relevant to the subject matter of the photo. Having a distinctly modern photo in sepia tone I think looks ridiculous... it's using the colour out of its context!
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