Europe, where it was ground into powder and made into the pigment ultramarine. Ultramarine was used by some of the most important artists of the Renaissance...

expensive pigment imported from Asia; ultramarine blue became associated with holiness, humility and virtue. Ultramarine was made from lapis lazuli, from the...

a slight mixture of other colours; azure contains some green, while ultramarine contains some violet. The clear daytime sky and the deep sea appear blue...

proportions 1:2, with the provincial shield of arms in the centre of an ultramarine blue background. The shield's height is 7⁄11 that of the flag's height...

the New Granada, was the name given to a group of 16th-century Spanish ultramarine provinces in northern South America governed by the president of the...

colonies, including Portuguese Guinea, as overseas provinces (Províncias Ultramarines). Development was largely neglected before the start of the country's...

countryside and light; his works from this period are rich in yellow, ultramarine and mauve. They include harvests, wheat fields and general rural landmarks...

months at sea gave him stories to incorporate into his first novel, Ultramarine. After returning to Britain Lowry enrolled at St Catharine's College...

although it could also be regarded as a bright shade of ultramarine (classifying ultramarine as a color and not a pigment). The purple color seen in samples...

consists of five horizontal stripes, that are from the top to bottom: blue (ultramarine), white, yellow, white, and red (vermilion). The proportions of the stripes...