Definitions for ultramarine

ultramarine ul·tra·ma·rine

Spelling: [uhl-truh-muh-reen]
IPA: /ˌʌl trə məˈrin/

Ultramarine is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 982 anagrams from letters in ultramarine (aaeilmnrrtu).

Definitions for ultramarine

noun

  1. a blue pigment consisting of powdered lapis lazuli.
  2. a similar artificial blue pigment.
  3. any of various other pigments.
  4. a deep-blue color.

adjective

  1. of the color ultramarine.
  2. beyond the sea.

Origin of ultramarine

1590-1600; Medieval Latin ultrāmarīnus, equivalent to Latin ultrā ultra- + marīnus marine

Examples for ultramarine

Taking his palette, he mixed crimson lake, white, and ultramarine.

The colours most useful are ultramarine, vermilion, and chrome yellow in powder.

Night's ultramarine bosom was ablaze with starry chain of mail.

There is no mention in this MS. of the preparation of ultramarine.

The Alexandrian was the most valued, as approaching the nearest to ultramarine.

Three are mentioned by Cennino—indigo, a cobalt, and ultramarine.

Nevertheless, ultramarine is not always entitled to the whole of this commendation.

The colour of ultramarine is brought out by successive heatings.

He did not see the back curtain, or Orion blazing in the ultramarine blue.

Autumn leaves and spring flowers, and over all a sky of ultramarine.

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