Color Names

Ultramarine

Lapis lazuli's darkest, richest blue, fit for a king or a summer sky at dusk.

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Ultramarine is a deep blue.

It can be described as deep, rich, dark and vivid.

Set in white, because white reads best on it.

Ultramarine

Ultramarine

Ultramarine is a deep blue pigment historically derived from lazurite, the principal component of the metamorphic rock lapis lazuli. The pigment was produced by grinding the stone and undergoing a complex washing process to isolate the blue mineral, which made it exceptionally valuable.

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Ultramarine (band)

Ultramarine are an English electronic music duo, formed in 1989 by Ian Cooper and Paul Hammond. Their work blends elements of techno, house and ambient music with acoustic instrumentation, the influence of the 1970s Canterbury scene, and other eclectic sources. They are best known for their 1991 album Every Man and Woman Is a Star, reissued on Rough Trade the following year.

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ultramarine

Adjective

  1. Beyond the sea.
  2. Of a brilliant dark blue or slightly purplish color like that of the pigment (noun sense 1).

Noun

  1. In full ultramarine blue: a brilliant blue pigment traditionally made from ground-up lapis lazuli, and now usually either extracted from mineral deposits or made synthetically.
  2. A brilliant dark blue or slightly purplish colour like that of the pigment.
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