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Ultramarine blue

noun
1.
Blue pigment made of powdered lapis lazuli.  Synonym: ultramarine.



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"Ultramarine blue" Quotes from Famous Books



... the yellow to be used is not a matter of indifference; he would desire a yellow resulting from the absence of the blue rays, analogous to that of paper made from a wood paste, and which is often mistakenly corrected by the addition of an ultramarine blue, which produces gray and not white. M. Javel has been led to this conclusion both from practical observation and also theoretically from the relation which must exist between the two eyes and the ...
— Scientific American, Volume 40, No. 13, March 29, 1879 • Various

... induce it to open them again in water, immediately after. The dainty flower, growing in dense tufts, makes up in numbers what it lacks in size and lasting power, flecking our meadows with purplish ultramarine blue on a sunny June morning. Later in the day, apparently there are no blossoms there, for all are tightly closed, never to bloom again. New buds will unfold to tinge the ...
— Wild Flowers Worth Knowing • Neltje Blanchan et al



Words linked to "Ultramarine blue" :   French ultramarine blue, French ultramarine, pigment, French blue



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