Vandyke Brown

  

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Vandyke Brown

Definition: Vandyke Brown

Vandyke Brown

Noun

1. A moderate brown color.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

 

Specialty Definition: Vandyke Brown

DomainDefinition

Chemical Industry

Obtained by treatment of the earth colours with ammonia or potassium hydroxyde solutions. Source: European Union. (references)

Mining

A. A naturally occurring pigment derived from indefinite mixtures of iron oxide and organic matter. Obtained from bog earth and peat deposits, or from ochers containing bituminous matter b. Etymol: its use by the 17th-Century Flemish painter Van Dyck.Syn:ulmin brown. (references)

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Modern Translation: Vandyke Brown

Language Translations for "Vandyke brown"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Bulgarian 

  

тъмнокафява боя, тъмнокафяв цвят. (various references)

   

Danish

  

van Dyckbrunt (Cassel earth, cologne earth), kasselerbrunt (Cassel earth, cologne earth). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

Van Dijk's bruin (Cassel earth, cologne earth), Kasselerbruin (Cassel earth, cologne earth). (various references)

   

French

  

extrait de Cassel, brun Van Dyck. (various references)

   

German

  

Van-Dyck-Braun (Cassel earth, cologne earth), Nussbeize (Cassel earth, cologne earth), Kasseler Braun (Cassel earth, cologne earth). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

εκχύλισμα του Cassel (Cassel earth, cologne earth). (various references)

   

Italian

  

estratto di Cassel (Cassel earth, cologne earth), bruno Van Dyck (Cassel earth, cologne earth). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

andykevay ownbray.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

cor castanha usada pelo pintor vandyke. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

pardo Van Dijck (Cassel earth, cologne earth), extracto de Cassel (Cassel earth, cologne earth). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Vandyke Brown

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-b-d-e-k-n-n-o-r-v-w-y"

-3 letters: breakdown.

-4 letters: beadwork, boneyard, keyboard, rawboned.

-5 letters: annoyed, annoyer, anodyne, bandore, baronne, branned, bravoed, broaden, browned, daywork, keyword, knavery, newborn, vandyke, workday.

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1. Definition
2. Translations: Modern
3. Anagrams
4. Bibliography


  

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