indigo
noun · adjective
Simple meaning
A deep blue-violet color.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
induhgohSay the bold part a little louder.
IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈɪndəɡoʊ
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
A deep blue-violet color.
A purplish-blue color.
An indigo-colored dye obtained from certain plants (indigo plant or woad), or a similar synthetic dye.
A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically
An indigo plant, such as from species in genera Indigofera, Amorpha (false indigo), Baptisia (wild indigo), and Psorothamnus and Dalea (indigo bush).
A local government area in north-east Victoria, Australia, named after Indigo Valley; in full, the Shire of Indigo.
adjective
Having a deep purplish-blue colour
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: a deep blue-violet color.
Used this way, indigo is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Moderate
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
More ways to use indigo
- “She dyed her old jeans a beautiful shade of deep indigo blue.”
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