<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><mads xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/mads/" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mads/
mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">bister</topic></authority><related type="broader"><topic>organic brown pigment</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>lampblack, brown</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>soot brown</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>brown lampblack</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>brown, soot</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Brown pigment made from boiling the soot of wood. Because bister is transparent, it is frequently used in conjunction with pen and ink drawings as a wash. It is particularly common in drawings of the 17th and 18th centuries. ]]></note></mads>