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Bistre Brown Color 61 - #967117

Bistre brown is a medium brownish tone of the color bistre, also known as soot brown. This is the tone of bistre that most closely matches the color sample in the 1930 book A Dictionary of Color by Maerz and Paul. This tone of bistre is the color of the ink that was used by the Old Masters for their drawings. The source of this color is: ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955)--Color Sample of Bistre (color sample #94).