Ultramarine

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ultramarine \Ul`tra*ma*rine"\ ([u^]l`tr[.a]*m[.a]*r[=e]n"), a.
     [Pref. ultra- + marine.]
     Situated or being beyond the sea. --Burke.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {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 {Ultramarine 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 than that
        produced by the mixture of more positive colors.
        --Fairholt.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  colorful \colorful\ adj.
     1. having striking color. Opposite of {colorless}.
  
     Note: [Narrower terms: {changeable, chatoyant, iridescent,
           shot}; {deep, rich}; {flaming}; {fluorescent, glowing};
           {prismatic}; {psychedelic}; {red, ruddy, flushed,
           empurpled}]
  
     Syn: colourful.
          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     2. striking in variety and interest. Opposite of {colorless}
        or {dull}. [Narrower terms: {brave, fine, gay, glorious};
        {flamboyant, resplendent, unrestrained}; {flashy, gaudy,
        jazzy, showy, snazzy, sporty}; {picturesque}]
        [WordNet 1.5]
  
     3. having color or a certain color; not black, white or grey;
        as, colored crepe paper. Opposite of {colorless} and
        {monochrome}.
  
     Note: [Narrower terms: {tinted}; {touched, tinged}; {amber,
           brownish-yellow, yellow-brown}; {amethyst}; {auburn,
           reddish-brown}; {aureate, gilded, gilt, gold, golden};
           {azure, cerulean, sky-blue, bright blue}; {bicolor,
           bicolour, bicolored, bicoloured, bichrome}; {blue,
           bluish, light-blue, dark-blue}; {blushful,
           blush-colored, rosy}; {bottle-green}; {bronze, bronzy};
           {brown, brownish, dark-brown}; {buff}; {canary,
           canary-yellow}; {caramel, caramel brown}; {carnation};
           {chartreuse}; {chestnut}; {dun}; {earth-colored,
           earthlike}; {fuscous}; {green, greenish, light-green,
           dark-green}; {jade, jade-green}; {khaki}; {lavender,
           lilac}; {mauve}; {moss green, mosstone}; {motley,
           multicolor, culticolour, multicolored, multicoloured,
           painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied,
           varicolored, varicoloured}; {mousy, mouse-colored};
           {ocher, ochre}; {olive-brown}; {olive-drab}; {olive};
           {orange, orangish}; {peacock-blue}; {pink, pinkish};
           {purple, violet, purplish}; {red, blood-red, carmine,
           cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, ruby, ruby-red,
           scarlet}; {red, reddish}; {rose, roseate}; {rose-red};
           {rust, rusty, rust-colored}; {snuff, snuff-brown,
           snuff-color, snuff-colour, snuff-colored,
           snuff-coloured, mummy-brown, chukker-brown}; {sorrel,
           brownish-orange}; {stone, stone-gray}; {straw-color,
           straw-colored, straw-coloured}; {tan}; {tangerine};
           {tawny}; {ultramarine}; {umber}; {vermilion,
           vermillion, cinibar, Chinese-red}; {yellow, yellowish};
           {yellow-green}; {avocado}; {bay}; {beige}; {blae
           bluish-black or gray-blue)}; {coral}; {creamy}; {cress
           green, cresson, watercress}; {hazel}; {honey,
           honey-colored}; {hued(postnominal)}; {magenta};
           {maroon}; {pea-green}; {russet}; {sage, sage-green};
           {sea-green}] [Also See: {chromatic}, {colored}, {dark},
           {light}.]
  
     Syn: colored, coloured, in color(predicate).
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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