群青色(ぐんじょういろ)

ぐんじょういろ
noun
ultramarine; deep blue
colorart
1. ultramarine; deep blue; navy blue
A vivid, deep blue color. Originally refers to the color of the pigment ultramarine, derived from the mineral lapis lazuli.
空(そら)が群青色(ぐんじょういろ)に染(そ)まった。
The sky was stained deep blue.
群青色(ぐんじょういろ)の海(うみ)がとても美(うつく)しかった。
The ultramarine sea was very beautiful.
日本画(にほんが)では群青色(ぐんじょういろ)は伝統的(でんとうてき)な顔料(がんりょう)として使(つか)われてきた。
In Japanese painting, ultramarine has been used as a traditional pigment.

A compound of 群青(ぐんじょう) (ultramarine pigment) + 色(いろ) (color). 群青(ぐんじょう) alone can also refer to the color, but adding 色(いろ) makes it explicitly a color name.

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Cultural note

Ultramarine (群青(ぐんじょう)) is one of the traditional Japanese colors (日本(にほん)の伝統色(でんとうしょく)), historically valued in Japanese painting (日本画(にほんが)). The pigment was originally made from the mineral 瑠璃(るり) (lapis lazuli).

Similar words

Related Words

Compare: 紺色(こんいろ) (navy blue, dark blue)
Compare: 藍色(あいいろ) (indigo)
Compare: 瑠璃色(るりいろ) (lapis lazuli blue)
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Added 2026.3.30 0:24 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:01
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