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ultramarine

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ultramarine, blue pigment pigment, substance that imparts color to other materials. In paint, the pigment is a powdered substance which, when mixed in the liquid vehicle, imparts color to a painted surface.
..... Click the link for more information.  used chiefly as a coloring material and as a bluing agent. A double silicate of sodium and aluminum with some sulfur, it is prepared commercially from kaolin, sulfur, soda ash, and other inexpensive ingredients. It was formerly produced by grinding the rare mineral lapis lazuli and was very costly.
ultramarine
1. a vivid blue colour
2. from across the seas
ultramarine
A blue pigment used in paint; once obtained from crushed lapis lazuli; now manufactured synthetically by calcining aluminum silicate and sodium sulfide; has good alkali resistance, but is sensitive to acids.
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Beyond that the tints darkened into fine gradations of ultramarine, and faded into vague obscurity.
20,000 Leagues Under The Sea by Verne, Jules View in context
The atmosphere beneath is languorous, and is so tinged with azure that what artists call the middle distance partakes also of that hue, while the horizon beyond is of the deepest ultramarine.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles - A Pure Woman by Hardy, Thomas View in context
A breeze from the north drove little puffs of white cloud across an ultramarine sky, with a bright sea running under it.
The Age of Innocence by Wharton, Edith View in context
 
 
 
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