CERULEAN: reflection

Sunday, December 19, 2010

reflection

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r.bohnenkamp said...: all the best for the Christmas holiday
and plenty of time for reflection; December 22, 2010 at 10:52 AM
CERULEAN said...: Thank you Ralf, you too a nice christmas time.; December 24, 2010 at 12:29 AM

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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