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DictionaryindigoDeep blue-purple color
noun / adjective

indigo

IN-di-goh/ˈɪndʌɡˌoʊ/

A deep blue dye traditionally extracted from plants.

One corner of the cotton cloth dips into a bowl of indigo.

A shallow white ceramic bowl of deep blue-purple dye beside a folded cotton cloth stained the same indigo hue, with one cloth corner dipping into the dye.
Etymology
indigoGreekIndian substance; blue dye

Greek indikon meant an “Indian substance,” specifically blue dye from India. The name of the dye then became a name for its deep blue-purple color.

In context

Go Wild16:00
from Blue to Indigo this is a color used not for painting but as a cosmetic
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More examples

  • The dyer uses indigo to give the yarn a deep blue color.
  • Traditional indigo comes from the leaves of certain plants.
  • These jeans are colored with synthetic indigo rather than plant-based dye.

Forms

indigo

Similar words

dye
A broader term for coloring substances, not specifically deep blue.