ultramarine

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Cobalt and ultramarine blue swirled on the floors and walls.

From New York Times

The British brand’s new Curve calf leather bag comes in colors including lime green, chrome green, Welsh red and ultramarine blue.

From Los Angeles Times

Since antiquity, blue has been associated with rarity and expense; ultramarine — a pigment originally made from grinding lapis lazuli, a semiprecious gemstone found in Afghan mines — was once worth as much as gold.

From New York Times

This deal is available for the “onyx black” and “ultramarine blue” colorways.

From The Verge

It’s post-apocalyptic, the shuffling shoppers dead-eyed from looking at a thousand identical refrigerators, fluorescent tube lights casting ultramarine pallor over their faces.

From New York Times