Vandyke Brown Definition

noun
A deep-brown pigment used by Van Dyck.
Webster's New World
Any of several other brown pigments or colors.
Webster's New World
adjective
Of a medium brown colour.
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Other Word Forms of Vandyke Brown

Noun

Singular:
Vandyke brown
Plural:
vandyke-browns

Origin of Vandyke Brown

  • This colour was named for Sir Anthony Van Dyck, a Flemish painter.

    From Wiktionary

  • After Sir Anthony Vandyke

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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