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ultramarine a. 海外的;青色的 海外的;青色的 ultramarine adj 1: of a brilliant pure blue to purplish blue color n 1: blue pigment made of powdered lapis lazuli [ synonym: { ultramarine}, { ultramarine blue}] 2: a vivid blue to purple- blue colorUltramarine \ Ul` tra* ma* rine"\ ([ u^] l` tr[. a]* m[. a]* r[= e] n"), a. [ Pref. ultra- marine.] Situated or being beyond the sea. -- Burke. [ 1913 Webster]
Ultramarine \ Ul` tra* ma* rine"\, n. [ Cf. Sp. ultramarino. So called because the lapis lazuli was originally brought from beyond the sea, -- from Asia.] ( Chem.) A blue pigment formerly obtained by powdering lapis lazuli, but now produced in large quantities by fusing together silica, alumina, soda, and sulphur, thus forming a glass, colored blue by the sodium polysulphides made in the fusion. Also used adjectively. [ 1913 Webster] { Green ultramarine}, a green pigment obtained as a first product in the manufacture of ultramarine, into which it is changed by subsequent treatment. { Ultramarine ash} or { Ultramarine ashes} ( Paint.), a pigment which is the residuum of lapis lazuli after the ultramarine has been extracted. It was used by the old masters as a middle or neutral tint for flesh, skies, and draperies, being of a purer and tenderer gray than that produced by the mixture of more positive colors. -- Fairholt. [ 1913 Webster]
colorful \ colorful\ adj. 1. having striking color. Opposite of { colorless}. Note: [ Narrower terms: { changeable, chatoyant, iridescent, shot}; { deep, rich}; { flaming}; { fluorescent, glowing}; { prismatic}; { psychedelic}; { red, ruddy, flushed, empurpled}] Syn: colourful. [ WordNet 1. 5] 2. striking in variety and interest. Opposite of { colorless} or { dull}. [ Narrower terms: { brave, fine, gay, glorious}; { flamboyant, resplendent, unrestrained}; { flashy, gaudy, jazzy, showy, snazzy, sporty}; { picturesque}] [ WordNet 1. 5] 3. having color or a certain color; not black, white or grey; as, colored crepe paper. Opposite of { colorless} and { monochrome}. Note: [ Narrower terms: { tinted}; { touched, tinged}; { amber, brownish- yellow, yellow- brown}; { amethyst}; { auburn, reddish- brown}; { aureate, gilded, gilt, gold, golden}; { azure, cerulean, sky- blue, bright blue}; { bicolor, bicolour, bicolored, bicoloured, bichrome}; { blue, bluish, light- blue, dark- blue}; { blushful, blush- colored, rosy}; { bottle- green}; { bronze, bronzy}; { brown, brownish, dark- brown}; { buff}; { canary, canary- yellow}; { caramel, caramel brown}; { carnation}; { chartreuse}; { chestnut}; { dun}; { earth- colored, earthlike}; { fuscous}; { green, greenish, light- green, dark- green}; { jade, jade- green}; { khaki}; { lavender, lilac}; { mauve}; { moss green, mosstone}; { motley, multicolor, culticolour, multicolored, multicoloured, painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied, varicolored, varicoloured}; { mousy, mouse- colored}; { ocher, ochre}; { olive- brown}; { olive- drab}; { olive}; { orange, orangish}; { peacock- blue}; { pink, pinkish}; { purple, violet, purplish}; { red, blood- red, carmine, cerise, cherry, cherry- red, crimson, ruby, ruby- red, scarlet}; { red, reddish}; { rose, roseate}; { rose- red}; { rust, rusty, rust- colored}; { snuff, snuff- brown, snuff- color, snuff- colour, snuff- colored, snuff- coloured, mummy- brown, chukker- brown}; { sorrel, brownish- orange}; { stone, stone- gray}; { straw- color, straw- colored, straw- coloured}; { tan}; { tangerine}; { tawny}; { ultramarine}; { umber}; { vermilion, vermillion, cinibar, Chinese- red}; { yellow, yellowish}; { yellow- green}; { avocado}; { bay}; { beige}; { blae bluish- black or gray- blue)}; { coral}; { creamy}; { cress green, cresson, watercress}; { hazel}; { honey, honey- colored}; { hued( postnominal)}; { magenta}; { maroon}; { pea- green}; { russet}; { sage, sage- green}; { sea- green}] [ Also See: { chromatic}, { colored}, { dark}, { light}.] Syn: colored, coloured, in color( predicate). [ WordNet 1. 5]
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