Bistre 859128 220699206 2008-06-21T03:44:30Z Boy in the bands 80926 India ink {{infobox color| title=Bistre|textcolor=white| hex=3D2B1F| r= 61|g= 43|b= 31| c= 0|m= 30|y= 49|k= 76| h= 24|s= 49|v= 24 }} '''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]] {{color-stub}} [[it:Bistro]] [[nl:Bister (kleur)]] [[ru:Бистр (цвет)]] [[vi:Nâu sẫm]] [[uk:Бістр]]