ultramarine.

1. A vivid blue pigment historically prepared from lapis lazuli and now commonly made synthetically.

2. An intense blue associated with ultramarine pigment.

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Words that belong together

• ultramarine pigment
• synthetic ultramarine

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Synthetic ultramarine supplied the blue the older painter had obtained from stone.

The ultramarine pigment remained visible beneath the damaged varnish.

Usage notes

Primary category: sensory / description. Forms: Usually uncountable as a pigment or color; plural ultramarines for distinct shades or preparations. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.