Bistre

Bistre
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Bistre
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#3D2B1F
^B	(r, g, b)	(61, 43, 31)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(24°, 49%, 24%)
Source		BF2S Color Guide
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

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 yellowish cast.

Beechwood was commonly burned to produce the soot, which was boiled and diluted with water. Many of the "Old Masters" used bistre as the ink for their drawings. Instead of this, some used the strokes of a pen, some India ink, others a black stone, etc. ^[1]

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^{^} This article incorporates content from the 1728 Cyclopaedia, a publication in the public domain. [1]

v • d • e Shades of brown
Auburn	Beige	Bistre	Bole	Brown	Buff	Burgundy	Burnt sienna	Burnt umber	Chocolate

Copper	Cordovan	Ecru	Fallow	Khaki	Liver	Mahogany	Maroon	Ochre	Raw umber

Russet	Rust	Sandy brown	Seal brown	Sepia	Sienna	Tan	Taupe	Wheat	Zinnwaldite

v • d • e Shades of gray
Gray	Arsenic	Bistre	Black	Charcoal	Davy's gray	Feldgrau	Liver	Payne's gray	Seal brown

Silver	Slate gray	Taupe	Purple taupe	Medium taupe	Taupe gray	Pale taupe	White

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