Colour-related Quiz

[oldernowiser]

All answers are supposed to have some colour somewhere in them - but could be a bit obtuse eg. rose, mustard. This is so hard! Any ideas on these: 1. Dutch landscape artist. 2. Inhabitant of the Fens (acc.to the Dutch) 3. he had a disfigured face and kept the bodies of ex-wives in a room where his wife Fatima found them.
I said it was hard....

[slaney]

2. Yellow Bellies
3. Bluebeard

[squarebear]

Apparantely there are Dutch artists called:

Hans Vredeman de Vries
Pieter Jansz. Saenredam

The both have RED hidden in them.

I'm afraid I got bored of looking. Here is a long list of them if you wish to continue.
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/nationalities/Dut ch.html

[slaney]

There is a colour Van Dyke Brown..

[oldernowiser]

I didnt realise the AB-ers were so good! Still not convinced about Van Dyke though or the hidden "reds". Here's a last one: 4. the four lowest-ranking heraldic officers of the college of arms.

Dont know if we're looking for four colours or one.

Many thanks anyway

[Bathsheba]

This any help?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_of_Arms#T he_officers

[squarebear]

It appears to be:
Rouge Dragon Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary

Does "rouge" count as a colour?

[kettledrum]

1. Anton Mauve (1838-1888) was a Dutch landscape artist.

[slaney]

That's much better kettledrum....Van Dyck was known for portraits.

The four lowest-ranking heraldic officers are Pursuivants, and are known by the names of Rouge Dragon, Rouge Croix, Bluemantle, and Portcullis.

[Tallulah!]

It doesn't seem worth bothering when there are so many alternatives for just a few clues. The setter may just mark your choice wrong.

[granny grump]

Hi oldernowiser - is there still time to get this quiz please? Regards GG

[oldernowiser]

Thanks for all your help guys - think I've got all 85 now, although the heraldic officers one is a bit vague. This is just a little local quiz for our small museum in rural Suffolk - I think you'd have to visit if you wanted a copy Granny Grump!

[granny grump]

Thank you oldernwiser - I would but I'm a bit too far away up here in North Yorkshire

Good Luck anyway