Ultramarine Definition

ŭltrə-mə-rēn
noun
A blue pigment originally made by grinding lapis lazuli to a powder.
Webster's New World
A blue pigment of similar chemical composition prepared from other substances.
Webster's New World
Any of certain other pigments.
Yellow ultramarine.
Webster's New World
Deep blue.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • ultramarine blue
adjective
Of the color ultramarine.
American Heritage
Beyond the sea.
Webster's New World
Deep-blue.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Ultramarine

Noun

Singular:
ultramarine
Plural:
ultramarines

Origin of Ultramarine

  • From Medieval Latin ultrāmarīnus from beyond the sea Latin ultrā ultra- Latin marīnus of the sea (from mare sea mori- in Indo-European roots)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Ultramarine Sentence Examples

  • Now, however, the mottled soaps, blue and grey, are produced by working colouring matter, ultramarine for blue, and manganese dioxide for grey, into the soap in the frame, and mottling is very far from being a certificate of excellence of quality.

  • It has been suggested that ultramarine is a compound of a sodium aluminium silicate and sodium sulphide.

  • Mixed with Ultramarine gives a range of soft mauves.

  • The new coloring used a rich ultramarine blue, rich yellow and a subtle green after the style of traditional Dutch tin-glazed ware.

  • The design of the former is a trellis crossing the ceiling diagonally; in each of the lacunae is carved a cherubim with eight wings; the figures and the trellis are gilded; the ground is a rich ultramarine.

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Words Starting With

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Words Ending With

ENEINE

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