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When mixed with white, it tints to a warm gray. It is semi-opaque, finely milled and fast drying.

It is a rich dark brown, bordering on a warm black, that can either take the place or bridge the gap between black and umber. Click HERE for more information on that change. We have recently introduced a new formula for Van Dyke Brown that contains Ivory Black and Transparent Red Iron Oxide.

Van Dyke Brown Van Dyke Brown left to right: undertone, masstone and three tints with Titanium White When painted from the tube, they visually resemble a colorful black, but when scumbled, tinted or mixed, these darks start to show their true color! Van Dyke Brown, Payne’s Gray (Violet), Turkey Umber, Courbet Green, Payne’s Gray and Indigo are all useful additions to the palette that can be used for underpainting, to neutralize and deepen chromatic colors, replace blacks or umbers or simply function as rich colors to enliven the darker areas of a painting. These colors are all blends, containing a natural iron oxide or Ivory Black and one or more strongly colored pigments to give them their chromatic punch. Williamsburg has six chromatic darks that we want to feature in this article. The response is unanimously positive, especially from those who use darker tones or blacks in their work. When oil painters visit our factory, we always show them these colors. Chromatic Darks from left to right: Van Dyke Brown (new formula), Payne’s Gray (Violet), Turkey Umber, Courbet Green, Payne’s Gray and Indigo.