indigo
indigo Lexical Profile
indigo Game Scores & Validity
• adjective
Having a deep and rich color between blue and violet.
"She wore a stunning indigo dress that perfectly matched the deepening twilight sky."
• noun
A deep and rich color between blue and violet in the visible spectrum.
"The painter mixed small amounts of red and blue to achieve the perfect shade of indigo for the night sky."
A dark blue dye traditionally obtained from the indigo plant, or produced synthetically for commercial use.
"Modern denim jeans owe their classic blue appearance to synthetic indigo."
A tropical plant of the pea family (genus Indigofera), historically cultivated in India and other regions as a major source of dark blue dye.
"The farmers carefully harvested the leaves of the indigo to extract its highly valued colorant."
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Word Origin & Etymology
From Spanish 'índigo' or Portuguese 'endigo', derived from Latin 'indicum' (Indian substance), ultimately from Ancient Greek 'indikón', referring to the dye's historical origin in India.
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Historical frequency of usage in published text.