1. a brilliant deep blue color
2. a blue pigment made from powdered lapis lazuli or synthetically
Usage: art

1. having a brilliant deep blue color

Examples

• The artist mixed ultramarine with white to create a lighter shade of blue.
• Her dress was a stunning ultramarine that matched the evening sky.
• The painter’s palette contained tubes of ultramarine and cadmium yellow.
• The ultramarine waters of the Mediterranean sparkled in the sunlight.
• Natural ultramarine was once more valuable than gold due to its rarity.
• The museum’s restoration used synthetic ultramarine to match the original colors.