Grumbacher Pre-Tested Professional Oil Colors – (1.25oz/37ml) Van Dyke Brown

Grumbacher Pre-Tested Oil Paint has long stood for professional quality oil color. Each color swatch has been tested for masstone and mixability, and has been painted by hand. It is further tested by our staff for characteristics such as lightfastness, drying properties, pigment dispersion and viscosity. Draw downs are compared and formulas are altered to ensure that our customers receive the best oil color at the best price. Truly a professional paint, the majority of our colors are single pigment with superior tinting strength and have a lightfast rating of 1-excellent. 

Grumbacher Pre-tested Professional Oil Paint, Van Dyck Brown, is made with pure pigments milled in alkali-refined linseed oil. Van Dyck Brown was named after the Flemish painter Van Dyke. This moody dark rich brown oil paint is identical to the fugitive original soft coal based pigment and was a favorite among the Old Masters for creating the deep backgrounds for portraiture. Van Dyck Brown is excellent for creating a gallery tone effect, and chiaroscuro paintings.

• Series: 1
• Vehicle: Alkali Refined Linseed Oil
• Pigment Composition: Lignite based Earth (Pbr8)
• Lightfast Rating: Moderate – LF III
• Opacity Rating: Semi-Opaque