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# indigo

noun (indigo — uncountable); adjective (indigo)

«indigo» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A deep blue-purple colour, one of the seven colours named in the rainbow (between blue and violet). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indigo/#m1)
2. A dark blue dye, first made from a plant, used for colouring cloth such as jeans. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indigo/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science the rainbow is remembered as red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet («Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain» or «ROY G BIV»); in art indigo is a dark blue. Phrases: «indigo blue», «indigo dye».

### Examples

- Indigo comes between blue and violet in the rainbow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indigo/#x1)
- Her jeans were dyed indigo. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indigo/#x2)
- The night sky turned deep indigo. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indigo/#x3)
- People once grew the indigo plant to make blue dye. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indigo/#x4)
- I painted the sea indigo. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indigo/#x5)
- How many colours are in the rainbow? Seven, including indigo. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indigo/#x6)

### Note

Uncountable as a colour. Say «IN-di-go». Many people find indigo hard to see in a real rainbow; it was added to make seven colours.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «indigo» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indigo/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«indigo» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/indigo.html) on Mova free.