How to Use ultramarine in a Sentence
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This system led to, among other things, the creation of French ultramarine, one of the first affordable blue pigments on a painter’s palette.
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Kat Eschner,
Smithsonian,
15 Aug. 2017
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Skeletal lines in silk pique applique, in an ultramarine blue inspired by a painting by the post-war French nouveau realist Yves Klein, adorned the front, from just below the neck to just above the hem.
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Washington Post,
16 Sep. 2019
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Only then can the brilliant ultramarine that color skies and the Virgin Mary’s dress in many European paintings be retrieved.
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Marissa Fessenden,
Smithsonian,
21 Mar. 2018
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Yellow-green, coral, pale peach, navy, burnt caramel, cream and dusty ultramarine all made it into Cerruti’s menswear fashions — but they were always handled with restrain.
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Thomas Adamson,
The Seattle Times,
23 June 2017
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Every evening, thirty minutes before sunset, the space will again be muted with LED turquoises and ultramarines to mimic the late afternoon skies and light up the minimalist white walls—the altar will glow at the front of the dark wooden pews.
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Alexandra Pereira,
Condé Nast Traveler,
18 June 2017
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The list of supplies that American wildlife artist Francis Lee Jaques needed to paint the backgrounds of the three-dimensional models: one can black paint, two tubes yellow ochre, one tube ultramarine blue, one tube burnt amber, etc.
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Mary Divine,
Twin Cities,
31 Mar. 2017
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Favorite colors right now: Brown, ultramarine for fabrics and finishes, Crayon peach—literally the color of peach Crayons—for tile and walls, dusty terra cotta.
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Sally Kuchar,
Sunset Magazine,
4 Mar. 2020
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The pigments are variously derived from plants, minerals, animals, insects, and, like synthetic ultramarine, from nothing more magical than chemistry experiments.
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Mark Feeney,
BostonGlobe.com,
15 Mar. 2018
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This system led to, among other things, the creation of French ultramarine, one of the first affordable blue pigments on a painter’s palette.
—
Kat Eschner,
Smithsonian,
15 Aug. 2017
-
Skeletal lines in silk pique applique, in an ultramarine blue inspired by a painting by the post-war French nouveau realist Yves Klein, adorned the front, from just below the neck to just above the hem.
—
Washington Post,
16 Sep. 2019
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Only then can the brilliant ultramarine that color skies and the Virgin Mary’s dress in many European paintings be retrieved.
—
Marissa Fessenden,
Smithsonian,
21 Mar. 2018
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Yellow-green, coral, pale peach, navy, burnt caramel, cream and dusty ultramarine all made it into Cerruti’s menswear fashions — but they were always handled with restrain.
—
Thomas Adamson,
The Seattle Times,
23 June 2017
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Every evening, thirty minutes before sunset, the space will again be muted with LED turquoises and ultramarines to mimic the late afternoon skies and light up the minimalist white walls—the altar will glow at the front of the dark wooden pews.
—
Alexandra Pereira,
Condé Nast Traveler,
18 June 2017
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The list of supplies that American wildlife artist Francis Lee Jaques needed to paint the backgrounds of the three-dimensional models: one can black paint, two tubes yellow ochre, one tube ultramarine blue, one tube burnt amber, etc.
—
Mary Divine,
Twin Cities,
31 Mar. 2017
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Favorite colors right now: Brown, ultramarine for fabrics and finishes, Crayon peach—literally the color of peach Crayons—for tile and walls, dusty terra cotta.
—
Sally Kuchar,
Sunset Magazine,
4 Mar. 2020
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The pigments are variously derived from plants, minerals, animals, insects, and, like synthetic ultramarine, from nothing more magical than chemistry experiments.
—
Mark Feeney,
BostonGlobe.com,
15 Mar. 2018
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The phones come in onyx black, ultramarine blue and glacial green.
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Jim Rossman,
Dallas News,
16 Apr. 2020
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The British brand’s new Curve calf leather bag comes in colors including lime green, chrome green, Welsh red and ultramarine blue.
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Los Angeles Times,
26 May 2021
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The wine is made from grapes grown down the hill from us at a vineyard sloping toward the ultramarine Limmat River, which snakes through Zurich.
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Adam H. Graham,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 May 2018
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Some, of night skies, embed white dots, for stars, in glazes of a dense black, with subliminal admixtures of, Celmins recently told me, ultramarine, raw umber, and ochre.
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Peter Schjeldahl,
The New Yorker,
27 Feb. 2017
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Two years later, after the artist’s death, his widow shepherded a coffee table filled with the same ultramarine pigment to market, based on the late artist’s prototype.
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Elise Taylor,
Vogue,
23 June 2021
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Figuring out how to stabilize an ultramarine blue pigment so it could be used in foundation formulas for the first time.
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Hana Hong,
Marie Claire,
3 Sep. 2019
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One archetypal medieval gown in deep ultramarine velvet had structured straps diagonally across the bust, leading the eye down to floor length slit sleeves — styles worn by queens in court.
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Thomas Adamson,
The Seattle Times,
5 July 2017
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For example, many of the colorants that are used in makeup are mineral pigments, iron oxides, ultramarine colorants, etc.
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Joyann King,
Harper's BAZAAR,
9 May 2014
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Seeking a durable blue paint 300 years earlier, Vermeer would have been limited to natural ultramarine blue.
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Washington Post,
23 Dec. 2021
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Blue rubber mulch slopes upward from the pool, extending the yard’s clean ultramarine look, all accentuated by aggregate coated with gray non-slip adhesive paint.
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R. Daniel Foster,
latimes.com,
6 July 2018
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As a plein-air artist, Laub worked almost exclusively outdoors, in all kinds of weather, and used only six tubes of oil paint: ultramarine blue, manganese blue, rose madder deep, cadmium orange, cadmium yellow light, and titanium white.
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Edith Newhall,
Philly.com,
4 May 2017
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The phones come in onyx black, ultramarine blue and glacial green.
—
Jim Rossman,
Dallas News,
16 Apr. 2020
-
The British brand’s new Curve calf leather bag comes in colors including lime green, chrome green, Welsh red and ultramarine blue.
—
Los Angeles Times,
26 May 2021
-
The wine is made from grapes grown down the hill from us at a vineyard sloping toward the ultramarine Limmat River, which snakes through Zurich.
—
Adam H. Graham,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 May 2018
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Some, of night skies, embed white dots, for stars, in glazes of a dense black, with subliminal admixtures of, Celmins recently told me, ultramarine, raw umber, and ochre.
—
Peter Schjeldahl,
The New Yorker,
27 Feb. 2017
-
Two years later, after the artist’s death, his widow shepherded a coffee table filled with the same ultramarine pigment to market, based on the late artist’s prototype.
—
Elise Taylor,
Vogue,
23 June 2021
-
Figuring out how to stabilize an ultramarine blue pigment so it could be used in foundation formulas for the first time.
—
Hana Hong,
Marie Claire,
3 Sep. 2019
-
One archetypal medieval gown in deep ultramarine velvet had structured straps diagonally across the bust, leading the eye down to floor length slit sleeves — styles worn by queens in court.
—
Thomas Adamson,
The Seattle Times,
5 July 2017
-
For example, many of the colorants that are used in makeup are mineral pigments, iron oxides, ultramarine colorants, etc.
—
Joyann King,
Harper's BAZAAR,
9 May 2014
-
Seeking a durable blue paint 300 years earlier, Vermeer would have been limited to natural ultramarine blue.
—
Washington Post,
23 Dec. 2021
-
Blue rubber mulch slopes upward from the pool, extending the yard’s clean ultramarine look, all accentuated by aggregate coated with gray non-slip adhesive paint.
—
R. Daniel Foster,
latimes.com,
6 July 2018
-
As a plein-air artist, Laub worked almost exclusively outdoors, in all kinds of weather, and used only six tubes of oil paint: ultramarine blue, manganese blue, rose madder deep, cadmium orange, cadmium yellow light, and titanium white.
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Edith Newhall,
Philly.com,
4 May 2017
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