indigo blue

in·di·go blue

I i

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [in-di-goh bloo]
- /ˈɪn dɪˌgoʊ blu/
- /ˈɪn.dɪ.ɡəʊ bluː/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [in-di-goh bloo]
- /ˈɪn dɪˌgoʊ blu/

Definitions of indigo blue words

noun indigo blue indigo (def 4). 1
noun indigo blue Also called indigo, indigotin. a dark-blue, water-insoluble, crystalline powder, C 16 H 10 N 2 O 2 , having a bronzelike luster, the essential coloring principle of which is contained along with other substances in the dye indigo and which can be produced synthetically. 1
noun indigo blue artist's dark blue pigment 1
noun indigo blue dark-blue colour 1
adjective indigo blue dark blue in colour 1
noun indigo blue indigotin 0

See all 8 definitions of indigo blue

Information block about the term

Origin of indigo blue

First appearance:

before 1705

One of the 50% oldest English words

First recorded in 1705-15

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Indigo blue

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Indigo blue

indigo blue popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 37% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 60% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

indigo blue usage trend in Literature

This diagram is provided by Google Ngram Viewer