What does "bistre" mean?

A brown pigment made from soot, especially from beech wood.

What is a synonym for "bistre"?

Common synonyms include: bister, bistre color, brown black, brownish, color, dark brown.

/ˈbɪstɚ/ noun

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Noun

1
A brown pigment made from soot, especially from beech wood. countable, uncountable
2
a water-soluble brownish-yellow pigment made by boiling wood soot wordnet
3
A mid-to-dark brown color resembling the pigment. countable, uncountable
"[O]h! what an object he was! The rings round his eyes were of the colour of bistre […]"

"[O]h! what an object he was! The rings round his eyes were of the colour of bistre […]"

From French bistre.