Pigments through the Ages

              
/ van dike   braoon /
Van Dyke brown 
 
   

     
 

  1.  Overview  
  2. History
of use
 
  3. Making the
pigment
 
  4. Technical
details
 
  
  How Van Dyke brown is made:
        
Source:
Humic substances from soil, peat or brown coal


Natural variety of pigment
The natural earth is dried and homogenized.


Other browns        
(intro) - Brown ochre - Umbra - Van Dyke brown        

 Sections:  

  purples  

  blues  

  greens  

  yellows  

  oranges  

  reds  

  whites  

  browns  

  blacks  

    
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