Which color is indigo close to?
Indigo is a deep color close to the color wheel blue (a primary color in the RGB color space), as well as to some variants of ultramarine, based on the ancient dye of the same name. The word "indigo" comes from the Latin for Indian as the dye was originally exported to Europe from India.
It is traditionally regarded as a color in the visible spectrum, as well as one of the seven colors of the rainbow: the color between blue and violet; however, sources differ as to its actual position in the electromagnetic spectrum.
The first known recorded use of indigo as a color name in English was in 1289.
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Joanne Serin
Not close to, but a shade of blue.
Larry Jones
My favorite snake.
patrhea
ROY G. BIV....Blue INDIGO Violet .
Yep, I'd say pretty close to blue in the order of 🌈RGB🙄
Peter Dunkelberger
John W Shreve, I thought the song was "Mood Indigo", also by Duke Ellington
shootit
Indigo is a blueish purple. Violet is a reddish purple.
Gordon MacKrith
Nice shade of blue
Merri Sillery
12% don't know the rainbow. Smh
Janet Dawn Baker
I assume ROYGBIV is an American way of remembering the colours of the rainbow! I prefer the British way - Richard of York gave battle in vain!
John W Shreve
𝑀𝑖𝑑𝑛𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝐼𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑔𝑜 is a beautiful Duke Ellington song. An excellent vocal rendition is by Lambert, Hendricks, and Ross. In fact, I'm going to listen to it right now.
Francie Carlson
Another “intelligent question” from one of the “geniuses”
Wayne Roberts
Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain.
fdeisner
I remember this from the colors that a prism makes. Indigo is next to Blue.
Roy G Biv.
Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, INDIGO and Violet.
Marcella Kosse
One of my favorite shades of blue.
Bob Gorby
“Mood Indigo” is a great instrumental Pop 40 hit.
David Colloby
Just look at the rainbow ROYGBIV