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)
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- 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.
[edit] Cyclopaedia reference
"Instead of this, some used the strokes of a pen, some Indian ink, others a black stone, etc. [1]"
This reference from the Cyclopaedia doesn't make much sense. I believe the intent of the author was to indicate that some other artists used hatching ("some strokes of the pen"), or washed using indian ink or ink from a "black stone" as used in China, in the place of bistre. I think the reference is definitely usable, but in its current, nearly original state, it's more confusing than informative. Rujoking (talk) 22:38, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
