OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 2068

ultramarine

/ˌʌltɹəməˈɹiːn/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
azul de ultramar • azul ultramarino • azul ultramaro
A brilliant dark blue or slightly purplish colour like that of the pigment.
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 u…
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