Silkester<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@RA_McClelland" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>RA_McClelland</span></a></span> </p><p>The color comparison is off. Lapis Lazuli was the old ultramarine blue before chemistry industry found out how to make it artificially.</p><p>Lapis Lazuli is the blue of kings, because it was so expensive. It's a royal blue.</p><p><a href="https://www.geologyin.com/2019/09/lapis-lazuli-composition-and-color.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">geologyin.com/2019/09/lapis-la</span><span class="invisible">zuli-composition-and-color.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/color" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>color</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LapisLazuli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LapisLazuli</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RoyalBlue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RoyalBlue</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UltramarineBlue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UltramarineBlue</span></a> <br>1/2</p>