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bistred

bistred

9.9
Having a brownish or grayish brown color like old paper
  • adjective
translation icon : bistre
  • The artist used a bistred wash to give the landscape a moody atmosphere.

Examples

  • Her dress was a lovely shade of bistred that complemented her skin tone.

  • A bistred light filtered through the dusty window, giving the room an antique look.

  • Her old notebook was filled with bistred sketches and faded ink.

  • The artist used a bistred palette for the landscape.

  • A bistred light filtered through the dusty window, giving the room an antique look.

  • Her old notebook was filled with bistred sketches and faded ink.

  • The artist used a bistred wash to give the landscape a moody atmosphere.

Synonyms

brownish
vsbistred
13 1.0

A colour that is a little brown

denotes a more specific stained brown or grayish brown shade
dun-colored
vsbistred
1 6.9

A dull greyish-brown color like the fur of some horses

is browner and suggests a stained look rather than a dull tone
bistered
vsbistred
9.9

Having a brownish-yellow to grayish-brown color like old paper

is the same color but stresses a stained appearance
brunneous
vsbistred
  • Archaic
9.9

Brown in color

focuses on stained or grayish brown rather than plain brown
beigy
vsbistred
4.3

Light yellowish brown in color

is darker and more grayish brown rather than light yellow brown

How Brown

dark-brown
18 1.0
brown
939 1.0
bistred
9.9
tawny
8 6.0
tan
30 1.0
pale
291 1.0

Surface Forms

bistred positive

Morphology

bistred = bistre (transparent) = bistre + ed

Formed by adding the adjective-making suffix '-ed' to the noun 'bistre', meaning 'having the color of bistre' is directly derivable.

Etymology

Bistred comes from bister, a brown ink or pigment made from wood 'soot', so imagine paper 'stained' with a smoky brown wash. So, something called bistred looks brownish or 'stained' by that pigment.