bistered

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

• 🇫🇷Adjectif désuet décrivant ce qui est coloré ou teinté de bistre, un pigment brunâtre fabriqué à partir de suie, ou qui en a l'apparence.

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.

   🇫🇷bisé

   Synonymes: bistredbrownishsepiaumber