ULTRAMARINE BLUE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ultramarine blue mean? 

• ULTRAMARINE BLUE (noun)
  The noun ULTRAMARINE BLUE has 1 sense:

1. blue pigment made of powdered lapis lazuli

  Familiarity information: ULTRAMARINE BLUE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ULTRAMARINE BLUE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Blue pigment made of powdered lapis lazuli

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

ultramarine; ultramarine blue

Hypernyms ("ultramarine blue" is a kind of...):

pigment (dry coloring material (especially a powder to be mixed with a liquid to produce paint, etc.))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ultramarine blue"):

French blue; French ultramarine; French ultramarine blue (ultramarine pigment prepared artificially)