VANDYKE BROWN


Meaning of VANDYKE BROWN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ 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

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.