Bisque (from French "biscuit" — twice-fired) refers to ceramic ware that has been fired once but not glazed. The colour of bisque porcelain — warm, matte, and slightly translucent — became a desirable aesthetic in its own right. 18th century European porcelain makers produced bisque figurines specifically to showcase this warm, unglazed quality.

Warm, understated, and pure. Bisque is white that has been warmed by the kiln — it carries the memory of heat and the honesty of unfinished surfaces. Associated with handmade ceramics, natural materials, and the aesthetic of things that are complete without decoration.

The bisque aesthetic — appreciating unglazed, undecorated ceramic surfaces — connects to the Japanese wabi-sabi tradition of finding beauty in simplicity and imperfection. Contemporary ceramic art has strongly revived interest in unglazed surfaces. In computing, "bisque" is one of the named HTML/CSS colours — its digital definition (RGB 255, 228, 196) gives it an existence in the virtual world alongside its ceramic origins.