ultramarine

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I imagined a vitrine of the pigments used to achieve those “Gainsborough blues”—indigo, Prussian blue, ultramarine, azurite.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

The colors are a reddish black, a Renaissance ultramarine blue and a blackish burgundy that Zumthor hoped would conjure a cave-like dimness.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 1, 2025

Standen tells BBC Newsbeat his early recording sessions involved negotiating with Games Workshop representatives to inject depth and emotion into his traditionally stoic ultramarine character.

From BBC • Jan. 18, 2025

Whether ultramarine, cerulean, Egyptian or cobalt, blue pigments have colored artworks for centuries.

From Science Daily • Feb. 22, 2024

He asks Theo to send him some tubes of paint before he leaves Paris: three of zinc white, four of Veronese green, and a tube each of cobalt, ultramarine, emerald green, and orange lead.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman