Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A moderate to grayish brown.

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  • noun A medium brown colour.
  • adjective Of a medium brown colour.

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  • noun a moderate brown color

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[After Sir Anthony Vandyke.]

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

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