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ultramarine blue

n. blue pigment made of powdered lapis lazuli [syn: ultramarine]

Usage examples of "ultramarine blue".

But his palette remained crowded with dabs and mixtures of American Vermilion, Cadmium Yellow, Ultramarine Blue, Burnt Umber, and Ivory Black.

In point of fact, while the Uldra men, with their tall nervous physiques, gray skins dyed ultramarine blue and aquiline features, were in general personable, the same could not be said for the women.

His fingers itched to touch her nipples, although one of the nipples was gold oxide and the other mostly french ultramarine blue.

The sky is clear ultramarine blue and the snow over the meadow reflects it back lighter and the two blues meet in the dark line of trees that is the beginning of the woods.

Roth lets the engine roar carry him skyward, seeing Baikonur fall far below like a snowy chessboard, watching Florida fall below like a trailing finger and seeing the green of the coastal waters give way to the ultramarine blue depths of the deeper sea.

Abruptly, the sky above the headquarters stratotower darkened to ultramarine blue and the structures and landing pads surrounding it faded into ghostly insubstantiality.

Pitt turned and stared out of the cockpit bubble at the dark ultramarine blue that stretched almost unripPled to the south.

She grew more and more relaxed as she gazed at the greenhouse, the lights glowing ultramarine blue.

The doors and window frames were painted ultramarine blue, a touch of pure color in an otherwise umber and sepia landscape.

And why did everything have to be in tones of ultramarine blue and yellow?