About The Word Ultramarine
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Ultramarine
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What's The Definition Of Ultramarine?
[n] vivid blue to purple-blue
[n] blue pigment made of powdered lapis lazuli [adj] of a brilliant pure blue to purplish blue color Synonyms | Synonyms for Ultramarine: chromatic | ultramarine blue Related Terms | Find terms related to Ultramarine: See Also | blue | blueness | French blue | French ultramarine | French ultramarine blue | pigment Ultramarine In Webster's Dictionary \Ul`tra*ma*rine"\, a. [Pref. ultra- + marine.]
Situated or being beyond the sea. --Burke.
\Ul`tra*ma*rine"\, n. [Cf. Sp. ultramarino. So called because the lapis lazuli was originally brought from beyond the sea, -- from Asia.] (Chem.) A blue pigment formerly obtained by powdering lapis lazuli, but now produced in large quantities by fusing together silica, alumina, soda, and sulphur, thus forming a glass, colored blue by the sodium polysulphides made in the fusion. Also used adjectively. {Green ultramarine}, a green pigment obtained as a first product in the manufacture of ultramarine, into which it is changed by subsequent treatment. {Ultramarine ash} or {ashes} (Paint.), a pigment which is the residuum of lapis lazuli after the ultramarine has been extracted. It was used by the old masters as a middle or neutral tint for flesh, skies, and draperies, being of a purer and tenderer gray that produced by the mixture of more positive colors. --Fairholt. |
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