bistered

An obsolete adjective describing something colored with or resembling bistre, a brown pigment made from soot.

• 🇪🇸Adjetivo desusado que describe algo teñido de bistre o que se le parece: un pigmento marrón hecho de hollín.

1. Colored with or as if with bister C2 formal

   Having a brownish-yellow or dark brown color, resembling the pigment bister made from wood soot.

   • The artist used a bistered wash to create shadows in the landscape.
   • The old manuscript had a bistered tint from age.
   • The painting's bistered tones gave it a somber, antique feel.

   🇪🇸color de bistre

   Sinónimos: bistredbrownishsepiaumber