indigo
/ˈɪndɪˌɡoʊ/noun, adjective3 syllables
Indigo means: having a color between blue and violet.
Synonyms for indigo8
noun, as in a blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically
anil, indigotin
noun, as in deciduous subshrub of southeastern Asia having pinnate leaves and clusters of red or purple flowers; a source of indigo dye
indigo plant, Indigofera tinctoria
What does indigo mean?4
adjective
1
having a color between blue and violet“indigo flowers”
noun
1
a blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically
2
deciduous subshrub of southeastern Asia having pinnate leaves and clusters of red or purple flowers; a source of indigo dye
3
a blue-violet color
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Indigo in a sentence
- A rainbow consists of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet.jamessilver
- There are seven colors in the rainbow: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet.Ultronimation
- Jeans manufacturers make denim bluer with indigo dye.papabear
- I'm not able to remove the indigo dye in my hair!terrywallwork
- I can't remove the indigo dye in my hair!terrywallwork
- I had never seen an indigo bunting until I moved here.cazort
- Indigo blue is one of Japan's traditional colours.terrywallwork
- The visible colors of the rainbow are red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet.mailohilohi
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Forms of indigo
as a noun
- plural
- indigos