Antonyms for ultramarine
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : uhl-truh-muh-reen |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌʌl trə məˈrin |
Definition of ultramarine
Origin :- 1590s, "blue pigment made from lapis lazuli," from Medieval Latin ultramarinus, literally "beyond the sea," from ultra- "beyond" + marinus "of the sea" (see marine). So called because the mineral was imported from Asia by sea.
- As in blue : adj sky, sea color
- The colour of ultramarine is brought out by successive heatings.
- Extract from : « Field's Chromatography » by George Field
- Nevertheless, ultramarine is not always entitled to the whole of this commendation.
- Extract from : « Field's Chromatography » by George Field
- The Alexandrian was the most valued, as approaching the nearest to ultramarine.
- Extract from : « Museum of Antiquity » by L. W. Yaggy
- He did not see the back curtain, or Orion blazing in the ultramarine blue.
- Extract from : « Northern Lights » by Gilbert Parker
- The colours most useful are ultramarine, vermilion, and chrome yellow in powder.
- Extract from : « Practical Taxidermy » by Montagu Browne
- Taking his palette, he mixed crimson lake, white, and ultramarine.
- Extract from : « Tatterdemalion » by John Galsworthy
- Three are mentioned by Cennino—indigo, a cobalt, and ultramarine.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 356, June, 1845 » by Various
- Autumn leaves and spring flowers, and over all a sky of ultramarine.
- Extract from : « Yellowstone Nights » by Herbert Quick
- Night's ultramarine bosom was ablaze with starry chain of mail.
- Extract from : « Why we should read » by S. P. B. Mais
- There is no mention in this MS. of the preparation of ultramarine.
- Extract from : « Illumination and its Development in the Present Day » by Sidney Farnsworth
Synonyms for ultramarine
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