ultramarine
ultramarine
Definition
ultra·ma·rine (ul′trə mə rēn′)
noun
- a blue pigment originally made by grinding lapis lazuli to a powder
- a blue pigment of similar chemical composition prepared from other substances
- any of certain other pigments yellow ultramarine
- deep blue
ultramarine
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- use: The new coloring used a rich ultramarine blue, rich yellow and a subtle green after the style of traditional Dutch tin-glazed ware.
Adjective modifier
- French: The sky was painted upside down, painting the Raw Sienna at the base the introducing Alizarin Crimson then French Ultramarine at the top.
- artificial: Analog replicas made from a standard 3:1 sand: lime plaster were used, painted with a limewash pigmented with artificial ultramarine.
- dark: BLUE TIT Parus caeruleus Noted in small numbers from the Middle Atlas northwards, all displaying the dark ultramarine " cap " .
- deep: Best of all are the glazed tiles in peacock blues, turquoise and deepest ultramarine.
Modifies a noun
- blue: For instance, a magenta red mixed with an ultramarine blue will produce a range of bright violets.
- sky: Certainly both the artist's crystalline, glacial brushwork and intense ultramarine skies recall the visionary realism of early Flemish painting.
Noun used with modifier
- nigritude: Experts are competing, with the goal of optimizing a webpage for a non-sensical phrase: ' nigritude ultramarine ' .
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