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n. - A water-soluble brownish-yellow pigment made by boiling wood soot.

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Usage examples (34)
  • All kinds of bistre attract moisture from the atmosphere.
  • -- Inside of the petals, white shaded with sap-green, or gamboge and bistre.
  • -- Brown ochre, red ochre, and black, mixed; shaded with bistre and ivory black.
  • -- Lake and flake white, shaded with carmine; bistre and vermilion shaded with black.
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