ultramarines

/AH0 L T R AH0 M ER0 IY1 N Z/
adjective
  1. 1

    Of a brilliant dark blue or slightly purplish color like that of the pigment (noun sense 1).

  2. 2

    (archaic) Beyond the sea.

noun
  1. 1

    A brilliant dark blue or slightly purplish colour like that of the pigment.

  2. 2

    In full ultramarine blue: a brilliant blue pigment traditionally made from ground-up lapis lazuli, and now usually either extracted from mineral deposits or made synthetically.