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ultramarine |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ultramarine \Ul`tra*ma*rine"\, a. [Pref. ultra- + marine.] Situated or being beyond the sea. --Burke. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ultramarine \Ul`tra*ma*rine"\, n. [Cf. Sp ultramarino So called because the lapis lazuli was originally brought from beyond the sea, -- from Asia.] (Chem.) A blue pigment formerly obtained by powdering lapis lazuli, but now produced in large quantities by fusing together silica, alumina, soda, and sulphur, thus forming a glass, colored blue by the sodium polysulphides made in the fusion. Also used adjectively. {Green ultramarine}, a green pigment obtained as a first product in the manufacture of ultramarine, into which it is changed by subsequent treatment. {Ultramarine ash} or {ashes} (Paint.), a pigment which is the residuum of lapis lazuli after the ultramarine has been extracted. It was used by the old masters as a middle or neutral tint for flesh, skies, and draperies, being of a purer and tenderer gray that produced by the mixture of more positive colors. --Fairholt. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: ultramarine adj : of a brilliant pure blue to purplish blue color n 1: blue pigment made of powdered lapis lazuli [syn: {ultramarine blue}] 2: vivid blue to purple-blue
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