bister
Also known as bistre, brown lampblack, soot brown, brown black
thumb|upright=1.2| , a wash painting using bistre pigment by Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732–1806)
Key facts
- Color.title
- Bistre (G&S) (Spanish Bister)
- Color.hex
- 80755A
- Color.source
- Pourpre.com
- Color.isccname
- Grayish olive
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
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- Variations of bistre
- Bistre
- Bistre brown
- French bistre
- Spanish bistre
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
thumb|upright=1.2| , a wash painting using bistre pigment by Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732–1806)
Bistre (or bister) is a pigment made from soot. Historically, beechwood was burned to produce the soot, which was boiled and diluted with water. Many Old Masters used bistre as the ink for their wash paintings. Bistre's appearance is generally of a dark grayish brown, with a yellowish cast.