Mastering Color Mixing with Watercolors

SENNELIER VAN DYKE BROWN

ISARO VAN DYKE BROWN

Van Dyke Brown

Van Dyke brown was originally a Cassel earth color, an oxocarbon that was collected from peat or lignite deposits. However, it was not stable when exposed to light, so it is no longer used as a pigment in the arts.

Van Dyke brown is a deep brown that tends lightly toward violet. It is made up of a black pigment, such as iron oxide black (PBk11) or carbon black (PBk6), to which a synthetic iron oxide is added, such as Venetian red (PR101) or Indian red (also known as red oxide, PR101). ...