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
Example sentences :
  • 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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