Results for ultramarine

Definitions of ultramarine:

part of speech: adjective

Situated beyond the sea.

part of speech: noun

A beautiful blue coloring matter made from lapis lazuli.

part of speech: adjective

Situated beyond the sea; foreign.

part of speech: noun

A blue pigment of great beauty and permanence; prepared from the lapis lazuli, the finest specimens being brought from China and Further Asia, hence the name- now artificially prepared.

part of speech: noun

The most beautiful and durable sky- blue color, so called either from its intense blue, or from the lapis lazuli, from which it is made, being brought from Asia, beyond the sea.

Usage examples for ultramarine:

• 25 " 20 " ultramarine "The Postage Stamp in War", Fred. J. Melville

• No wind- just the stars, and the ultramarine and the nothing to do but lay me down and sleep. "The Weavers, Complete", Gilbert Parker Last Updated: March 14, 2009

• The payment for the roof was to have been 205 ducats; for the walls they offered 575. Besides this, the painter was to be furnished with ultramarine a certain quantity of food and wine, and a free lodging, with two beds, as the lengthy documents of commission minutely tell. "Luca Signorelli", Maud Cruttwell