VANDYKE BROWN


Meaning of VANDYKE BROWN in English

Function: noun

Etymology: from its use by the painter Vandyke

Date: circa 1850

: a natural brown-black pigment of organic matter obtained from bog earth or peat or lignite deposits also : any of various synthetic brown pigments

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