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vandyke brown

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.08 in modern English

Syllables
vandyke brown
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
1
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A medium brown colour, originally a pigment made from peat or soil.

Countable; Uncountable

adj

Of a medium brown colour.

Etymology

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

Usage

Inflected Forms

Vandyke browns (plural)

Synonyms

Kassel brown Kassel earth Cologne earth

Questions

What does vandyke brown mean?
A medium brown colour, originally a pigment made from peat or soil.
Where does vandyke brown come from?
This colour was named for Sir Anthony Van Dyck, a Flemish painter.

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