CERULEAN: spring

Tuesday, March 19, 2019

spring

For the TAW challenge this week: spring.

My spring collage is from longer ago. It still hangs
on the wall in my living room. So I'll show it again.

4 comments:

Michele said...: lovey lovely colors and composition. a spring delight. xo; March 20, 2019 at 6:29 AM
Taluula said...: Fabulous colours of Spring. Love it.; March 20, 2019 at 4:28 PM
Ozstuff said...: Sunny spring colours. Beautiful.; March 24, 2019 at 8:03 AM
Meggymay said...: Beautiful colours for springtime.; March 24, 2019 at 11:10 PM

About the name

Cerulean is a range of colours from deep blue, skye-blue, bright blue or azure to deep cyan. The word cerulean comes from the Latin word caerulem, which means 'sky' or 'heavens' or sometimes 'oceans'.

Besides cerulean, ultramarine (cornflower blue) plays a prominent role. This pigment is natural present in the mineral lazurite, found in the valuable lapis lazuli.

From 1100 onwards this pigment, imported from Asia (China, Afghanistan), reaches the ateliers of painters in Europe, the blue of old masters Ducio, Titiaan and Vermeer.

In Italy the colour was known as Azurro Oltramarino. Literally 'the azurite coming from beyond the seas'.

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Tuesday, March 19, 2019

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