Ultramarine

[,ʌltrəmə'riːn;'ʌlt-] or [,ʌltrəmə'rin]

Definition

(noun.) a vivid blue to purple-blue color.

(noun.) blue pigment made of powdered lapis lazuli.

(adj.) of a brilliant pure blue to purplish blue color .

Editor: Peter--From WordNet

Definition

(a.) Situated or being beyond the sea.

(n.) 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.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Saunders-blue.

Typist: Robinson

Definition

adj. situated beyond the sea.—n. the most beautiful and durable sky-blue colour so called either from its intense blue or from the lapis lazuli from which it is made being brought from Asia beyond the sea.

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