ultramarine
adjective
- beyond the sea
- deep-blue
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- a blue pigment originally made by grinding lapis lazuli to a powder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
See ultramarine in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(ŭlˌtrə-mə-rēnˈ)
nouna. A blue pigment made from powdered lapis lazuli.
b. A similar pigment made synthetically by heating clay, sodium carbonate, and sulfur together.
- A vivid or strong blue to purplish blue.
adjective- Of the color ultramarine.
- Of or from a place beyond the sea.
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