Talk:Bistre

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[edit] Weird shade given

Bistre's appearance is generally of a mid-to-dark warm brown, with a yellowish cast.

As an artist, I have frequently used the colour bistre brown, and it is almost always a mid-to-light warm brown with a yellowish cast - and certainly nothing like the colour shown in the picture! If I had to give a c,m,y,k rating for bistre, it'd be closer to 40, 50, 80, 0 than the 0, 30, 49, 76 listed. Although I have no doubt that the original pigment was a darker colour, the normal art use of the term is surely now considerably lighter. Grutness|^hello? 06:24, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)

It wouldn't hurt to show several example colors advertised as "bistre", sort of a NPOV for shades. it seems to be one of those colors that has many interpretations; I have postage stamps described as "bistre" that run the gamut from tan to sepia... Stan 17:18, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Isn't mahogany moe brownish? the shade givn is too orange.