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Vandyke brown

–noun
1. a medium brown color.
2. any of several dark-brown pigments consisting of iron oxide mixed with lampblack or similar materials.

Origin:
1840–50
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Vandyke brown  
n.  A moderate to grayish brown.

[After Sir Anthony Vandyke.]
Van·dyke'-brown' (vān-dīk'broun') adj.
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