GOLDEN HEAVY BODY ACRYLIC VAN DYKE BROWN HUE 2 OZ

GOLDEN Heavy Body Acrylic Van Dyke Brown Hue is a deep, sophisticated brown with a rich peat-like undertone and classic sepia character. 🤎🖤🎨 Inspired by the historic Van Dyke Browns used for centuries, GOLDEN recreates this distinctive dark earth color with Transparent Red Iron Oxide and just enough Carbon Black to produce a clean, beautifully restrained sepia tone. 🏛️🖌️✨

Dating back to the 17th century and associated with the Cologne and Kassel regions of Germany, traditional Van Dyke Brown became prized for its deep, subdued brown character. GOLDEN’s modern hue captures that visual personality with dependable contemporary pigments, giving artists a versatile dark brown for portraits, landscapes, underpainting, shadows, glazing, and beautifully moody neutral mixtures. 🤎🌑🌲👤

COLOR CHARACTERISTICS 🤎🖤🎨

• Deep, dark sepia brown 🤎🌑

• Rich peat-like undertone 🍂🪵

• Modern interpretation of historic Van Dyke Brown 🏛️🎨

• Blend of Transparent Red Iron Oxide and Carbon Black ❤️🤎🖤

• Semi-opaque coverage ✨

• Gloss sheen 🌟

• Excellent lightfastness ☀️🏆

• Excellent for deep neutrals and chromatic darks 🌑🎨

• Series 3

PAINT CHARACTERISTICS 🎨🖌️

• Thick Heavy Body consistency retains brushstrokes, tool marks, and impasto peaks 🖌️⛰️✨

• Deep brown character provides a sophisticated alternative to straight black 🤎➡️🖤

• Transparent Red Iron Oxide contributes warmth and earthy depth 🔥🍂

• Carbon Black deepens the mixture into its characteristic dark sepia range 🖤🌑

• Semi-opaque character provides useful coverage while remaining versatile for layering 🖌️✨

• Excellent for muting and darkening brighter mixtures 🌈➡️🤎

• Can be extended or modified with GOLDEN mediums, gels, and pastes 🧪🎨

• Compatible with all GOLDEN acrylic products 🤝🌈

IDEAL FOR 🤎🖤✨

• Portrait and figure painting 👤🎨

• Landscapes and plein air work 🌳🏞️

• Deep shadows and dark passages 🌑🖌️

• Sepia-inspired paintings and studies 🤎📜

• Underpainting and tonal block-ins 🎨🖼️

• Wood, bark, soil, stone, and natural subjects 🪵🌳🌎🪨

• Historical-inspired palettes 🏛️🎨

• Warm and neutral dark mixtures 🤎🩶

• Glazing and layered color effects ✨🖌️

• Still life painting 🏺🍐

• Moody atmospheric passages 🌫️🌑

• Anyone who needs a dark brown with more fucking personality than “brown + black = probably good enough” 😂🤎🖤

CLEAN UP 🫧🚿
Wash hands, brushes, and tools after use with warm, soapy water. 🧼🖌️ Thin, dried acrylic may be dissolved with isopropyl alcohol, although pigments may stain some surfaces.

STORAGE 📦🌡️
Store between 50–85°F (10–30°C). Avoid repeated freezing and thawing or prolonged exposure to temperatures above 120°F (49°C). Keep the tube opening clean and securely closed to minimize water loss. 🔒🎨

SPECS 📋🎨

• Color: Van Dyke Brown Hue 🤎🖤

• GOLDEN Color Number: 1462

• Pigments: PR101 & PBk7

• PR101 (77491): Synthetic Red Iron Oxide

• PBk7 (77266): Nearly Pure Amorphous Carbon

• Pigment Classification: Synthetic Inorganic & Natural Inorganic

• Transparency: Semi-Opaque ✨

• Sheen: Gloss 🌟

• Lightfastness: Excellent ☀️🏆

• Viscosity: 14,000–20,000 CPS

• Series: 3

• Munsell: 4P 2.6/0.1

• Size: 2 fl oz (59 mL)

• Manufacturer Item: 0001462-2

• UPC: 738797146228

FINAL NOTE 🤎🖤🎨
Van Dyke Brown Hue is what happens when regular brown puts on a black turtleneck, starts drinking espresso, and develops opinions about 17th-century painting. 😂☕🏛️🤎 Deep, moody, earthy, and beautifully sepia-toned, it gives artists serious darkness without immediately dropping the black-paint hammer on everything. 🖤🔨🚫 Whether you're building portraits, landscapes, shadows, underpaintings, or some gloriously gloomy masterpiece, Van Dyke Brown Hue brings exactly the right amount of sophisticated dark-brown bullshit to the palette. 😂🤎🌑🖌️✨