ultramarine
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- adjective
- /ˌʌltrəˈmɛrɪn/
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ultramar
- The artist used ultramarine blue to create a vibrant sky in her painting.
- ultramarine blue
- French ultramarine
- ultramarine and cobalt
Examples
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The walls were painted in a stunning shade of ultramarine that added depth to the room.
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Adds ultramarine blue from different viewing angles.
Blog text (9) -
The ultramarine bluebells on the shore can't be seen from this distance.
Fiction book (1998) -
As she reached the slope at the edge of the gully, she paused to catch her breath, squinting upward into the luminous ultramarine sky.
Fiction book (2001) -
He agrees, and in the pictures, wild with color, he reclines in a gold velvet armchair, wearing ultramarine trousers and a pressed apple green wool shirt.
Fiction book (1997) -
He mixed ultramarine blue with white to lighten the shade for the ocean waves.
Synonyms
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Slightly blue in color
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Having a deep rich blue color like a jewel
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A deep bright blue like a clear sky
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Having a deep purplish-blue color between blue and purple
A violet color with a little blue
Slightly blue in color like a pale sky
Antonyms
Compounds
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A deep bright blue paint color first made from a stone called lapis lazuli and now often made artificially
How Blue
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Ultramarine as an adjective comes from the same parts ultra 'beyond' and marine 'sea', since the rich blue originally came from overseas. That's why calling something ultramarine means it has a very deep, pure blue color.