Color Names

Bistre Brown

Sooty beechwood brown, like the pigment artists used to draw shadows.

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Bistre Brown is a rich brown, close to gold.

It can be described as rich, golden, warm and strong.

Set in black, because black reads best on it.

Bistre Brown

Bistre

Bistre 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.[1] Bistre's appearance is generally of a dark grayish brown, with a yellowish cast.

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Brown

Brown is a color. It can be thought as a darker, typically desaturated shade of orange, and can often be produced by combining red and yellow with another color, namely blue.

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bistre

Noun

  1. A brown pigment made from soot, especially from beech wood.
  2. A mid-to-dark brown color resembling the pigment.
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brown

Noun

  1. A colour like that of chocolate or coffee.
  2. One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of 4 points.

Adjective

  1. Having a brown color/colour.
  2. Gloomy.
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