Holbein Artists' Watercolor - Vandyke Brown, 5 ml Tube

Pigment Information

This color contains the following pigments:

NBr8-Van Dyke Brown

Pigment Name

NBr8-Van Dyke Brown

Pigment Type

earth

Permanence

The original Van Dyke Brown had only fair lightfastness, with the color tending to shift to gray.

Toxicity

The original Van Dyke Brown was slightly toxic, containing coal products.

History

The original Van Dyke Brown was made from surface deposites of lignite or peat. In most lines of piant, it is manufactured from synthetic materials.