brunaille

1. not comparableartConsisting of shades of brown, painted or executed with shades of brown, brown monochrome.

   A corporate desire for identity and recognition also helps to explain the unusual coincidence of a traditional brunaille exterior in conjunction with a crowded, lively, visually striking interior painted in the most novel, fashionable, local style.

   1984, Larry Silver, The Paintings of Quinten Massys, page 48

plural brunailles

1. countableuncountableartA method of painting or other work that uses shades of brown primarily or exclusively.

   Genre paintings in grisaille (grey monochrome) or brunaille (brown monochrome) by Adriaen van de Venne represent a special chapter in Dutch art history.

   1986, Görel Cavalli-Björkman, Dutch and Flemish Paintings, volume 2, page 483

2. countableuncountableartAn artwork or study executed in this style.

   Paintings of this kind are known as brunailles – by analogy with grisailles, which are paintings done mainly in grey.

   1996, Jeroen Giltaij, Jan Kelch, Praise of Ships and the Sea: The Dutch Marine Painters of the 17th Century, page 370