ultramarine

[ uhl-truh-muh-reen ]

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adjective

of the color ultramarine.
beyond the sea.

noun

a blue pigment consisting of powdered lapis lazuli.
a similar artificial blue pigment.

any of various other pigments.
a deep-blue color.

Origin of ultramarine

1590–1600; <Medieval Latin ultrāmarīnus, equivalent to Latin ultrāultra- + marīnusmarine

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How to use ultramarine in a sentence

There was even a dash of ultramarine, too—a brighter blue than her eyes—and her heart began to beat quite another tune.
The Bag of Diamonds | George Manville Fenn
The colour of ultramarine is brought out by successive heatings.
Field's Chromatography | George Field
Nevertheless, ultramarine is not always entitled to the whole of this commendation.
Field's Chromatography | George Field
Three are mentioned by Cennino—indigo, a cobalt, and ultramarine.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 356, June, 1845 | Various
A deep ultramarine, shading up into a soft purple hue, blends in a colour-scheme with the lilac plateau.
The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas Mawson

British Dictionary definitions for ultramarine

ultramarine

/ (ˌʌltrəməˈriːn) /

noun

a blue pigment consisting of sodium and aluminium silicates and some sodium sulphide, obtained by powdering natural lapis lazuli or made synthetically: used in paints, printing ink, plastics, etc
a vivid blue colour

adjective

of the colour ultramarine
from across the seas

Origin of ultramarine

C17: from Medieval Latin ultramarinus, from ultrā beyond (see ultra-) + mare sea; so called because the lapis lazuli from which the pigment was made was imported from Asia

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