I believe that ultramarine was originally made from lapis lazuli & would be similar in color.
Patty -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Suzi Clarke Sent: Friday, January 26, 2007 10:09 AM To: Historical Costume Subject: RE: [h-cost]Colour names, was Need Help At 14:58 26/01/2007, you wrote: >American here - ultramarine was strong darkish slightly greenish blue >for me -when I was a girl - maybe a generational, not national, thing? > >Patty > Could be - I was old enough to be this lady's mother. According to my small dictionary - too lazy to heave out the O.E.D. - ultramarine is a blue pigment. The thread I bought was not blue! > >I find this is still true. Here in the UK "aubergine" is usually a dark > >purple (the colour of what you Americans call eggplants), but in a > >recent catalogue I've seen the name applied to a lighter > >pinkish-purple. > >I was buying cotton thread yesterday, and the "mauve/purple/paler >aubergine" thread was called "Ultramarine." Now when I was a girl, as >they say, ultramarine was a strong darkish bright blue. My American >companion said that the purple-ish colour was a colour/name >association she knew - I didn't! > >Suzi > >_______________________________________________ >h-costume mailing list >h-costume@mail.indra.com >http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > >_______________________________________________ >h-costume mailing list >h-costume@mail.indra.com >http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
