Van Dyke Brown

Van Dyke brown

Van Dyke (Vandyke) brown, also known as Cassel earth or Cologne earth, is a deep, rich, and warm brown colour often used in photography, painting and printmaking. Early publications on the pigment refer to it as Cassel earth or Cologne earth in reference to its city of origin; however, today it is typically called Van Dyke brown after the painter Anthony van Dyck.

Van Dyke brown (printing)

Van Dyke brown is a printing process named after Anthony van Dyck.

Dyke Brown

Dyke Brown (1915–2006) was best known for founding The Athenian School in Danville, California.

Van Dyke

Van Dyke, VanDyke or Vandyke is an Americanized or anglicized form of the Dutch-language toponymic surname Van Dijk, Van Dijke, Van Dijck, or Van Dyck. Meaning living near the dike. literal translation being "from/of [the] dike"

van

Symbol

1. ISO 639-3 language code for Valman.

Noun

1. A covered motor vehicle used to carry goods or (normally less than ten) persons, usually roughly cuboid in shape, Depending on the type of van, it can be bigger or smaller than a pickup truck and SUV, and longer and higher than a car but relatively smaller than a truck/lorry or a bus.
2. An enclosed railway vehicle for transport of goods, such as a boxcar/box van.

dyke

Noun

1. An earthwork raised to prevent inundation of low land by the sea or flooding rivers.
2. A low embankment or stone wall serving as an enclosure and boundary marker.

Verb

1. To dig, particularly to create a ditch.
2. To surround with a ditch, to entrench.

brown

Noun

1. A colour like that of chocolate or coffee.
2. One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of 4 points.

Adjective

1. Having a brown color/colour.
2. Gloomy.