bistred

9.9

Having a brownish or grayish brown color like old paper

adjective

: 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

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12 1.0

A colour that is a little brown

denotes a more specific stained brown or grayish brown shade

dun-colored

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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

brunneous

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Archaic

1 9.9

Brown in color

focuses on stained or grayish brown rather than plain brown

beigy

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1 4.3

Light yellowish brown in color

is darker and more grayish brown rather than light yellow brown

bistered

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9.9

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

is the same color but stresses a stained appearance

How Brown

dark-brown

29 1.0

brown

834 1.0

bistred

9.9

tawny

8 6.0

tan

76 1.0

pale

301 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.