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Their need to express themselves would be greater than the need to fit in with the crowd. Intuitive thinkers often have good imaginations, and they are creative in some sense. It would definitely indicate an intuitive inward-thinking personality. It would show a priority for being different. It is uncommon to see someone wearing the color indigo, which would suggest unconventional thinking. Indigo is also linked to sincerity, and having integrity, also knowledge, wisdom, fairness, conformity and tradition. It’s associated with mystical powers, intuition and higher levels of perception and different levels of consciousness. Indigo shares many of its meanings with violet. Records show that the first time indigo was used or connected to the color in the English language was in the late 13th century. Different variations of Indigo are, Deep Indigo, Tropical Indigo, Web Indigo and Electric Indigo. It’s also one of the colors of the rainbow. Indigo can vary in shades to some degree.

The color indigo is created out of a combination of blue and violet/purple and falls somewhere into the middle of those colors. This colour is mysterious, serious, elegant, and globally appealing.What is the symbolic meaning and psychology of the color indigo, including what is associated with the color? How can it affect behavior and what does it say about your personality if it’s your favorite color? Naturally occurring in nature and being the iconic colour of dark wash jeans it has played an important role in our cultural zeitgeist. Regardless, of its place in the rainbow, one can’t deny the culture importance of indigo. Also, sticking to the belief that you needed seven colours in order from them to combine and create white. In fact, Newton only had seven colours in his spectrum because he thought the number had cosmic significance. Like mentioned earlier, distinguishing between blue, violet, and indigo is rather difficult for the human eye.

Today, many colour theorist argue that indigo should be removed from the rainbow.

Used to spiritually heal, Paganism uses the hue to symbolise emotion, fluidity, insight, and expressiveness.

Associated with those who have supernatural traits and abilities, indigo auras favour those who work as computer analysts, animal caretakers, and counsellors.

Symbolising the sixth chakra, it presents itself in New Age philosophy as a representation of intuition and knowledge.

Spiritually, the colour is positioned between blue and violet on the spectrum:

Originating as a dye for denim, it can be see in your favourite dark wash jeans.

Mixing well with white, its great for computer graphics lighting.

Snakes such as the eastern indigo snake which is a dark blue/black.

Fungi such as the blue-toned lactarius indigo.

Dye – a greenish dark blue obtained from the leaves of the indigo plant.

Tropical – detailed in color dictionary Guía de coloraciones (guide to colorations).

Web colour – reproducible by artist’s paint.

Deep – a brightness in between electric and pigment.

What’s more, there are five major tones of this illusive colour: Different Tonesĭistinguishing between different shades is often a difficult task especially between blue, indigo, and violet. It is believed that they colour he called indigo is what we might describe as blue. However, modern day research has gathered that what Newton thought of as blue was a more aqua colour. Isaac Newton named the hue as one of the prismatic colours of light and it still has a place in the optical spectrum today. Then, pressing the leaves into cakes, drying, and finally powdering. Mixing these leaves with lye is the next step in the process. By crushing the leaves of the indigofera plant, the colour is then fermented in water. Named not because of the shade but because of the dye, the colour was exported originally from India. What Is Indigo?Ĭoming from the Latin for Indian, this colour has a blue-ish purple hue. In today’s blog, we’ll talk about this penultimate arc on the rainbow and its place in the colour spectrum. More time often than not, it is indigo: a colour that is not quite blue and not quite purple. Without its use, certain shades are forgotten.

ROYGBIV (Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet) is an excellent acronym that helps you remember the colours in the rainbow. Indigo Colour and Its Place in the Rainbow