Bistre
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Boy in the bands
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India ink
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'''Bistre''' (or '''bister''') is both a shade of [[gray]] and a shade of [[brown]] made from [[soot]], and the general name for a [[color]] resembling the pigment. Bistre's appearance is generally of a dark grayish brown, with a [[yellow]]ish cast.
[[Beech|Beechwood]] was commonly burned to produce the soot, which was boiled and diluted with water. Many of the "[[Old Master]]s" used bistre as the ink for their [[drawing]]s. Instead of this, some used the strokes of a pen, some [[India ink]], others a black stone, etc. {{ref label|1728|1|^}}
== See also ==
* [[List of colors]]
==References==
#{{note label|1728|1|^}}{{1728}} [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/HistSciTech/HistSciTech-idx?type=turn&entity=HistSciTech000900240255&isize=L]
{{Shades of brown}}
{{Shades of gray}}
[[Category:Pigments]]
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[[it:Bistro]]
[[nl:Bister (kleur)]]
[[ru:Бистр (цвет)]]
[[vi:Nâu sẫm]]
[[uk:Бістр]]