Vandyke brown

noun

: a natural brown-black pigment of organic matter obtained from bog earth or peat or lignite deposits

also : any of various synthetic brown pigments

Word History

Etymology

from its use by the painter vandyke

First Known Use

circa 1850, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for Vandyke brown

• adown
• blowdown
• breakdown
• countdown
• crackdown
• crosstown
• downtown
• drawdown
• dropdown
• facedown
• godown
• hometown