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You’ve likely heard of the color indigo, but what do you know<\/em> about it? What is indigo color? According to the visible color spectrum, indigo is one of the seven colors of the classic rainbow, but that\u2019s pretty much where knowledge stops for most. So, today we\u2019ll deep dive into everything there is to know about this most mysterious of hues, including the indigo color meaning, indigo color code, indigo color palette, and much more.<\/p>\n

Indigo: a color of the rainbow<\/span><\/h2>\n

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Let\u2019s throw it back to elementary school for a minute. Remember ROY-G-BIV? It\u2019s a clever acronym that stands for the colors of the rainbow in order: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet. But in some quarters, it seems that indigo has disappeared from the rainbow of late. So, why was indigo originally included in the rainbow? In 1655, Sir Isaac Newton started experimenting with prisms and explored how light passed through them at certain angles to form different colors. The seven colors he named became the official colors of the rainbow.<\/p>\n

Did he actually<\/em> see indigo? The light humans see are wavelengths<\/span> from the visible light spectrum<\/span>, originating from the sun. The human eye doesn’t readily differentiate hues in the wavelengths between what’s now called blue and violet. Some say he only saw six colors but decided that there must be one more to make it a total of seven. On a spiritual and mystical level, the number seven had more significance. At the time there were seven planets, seven notes on the musical scale, and seven days in a week. He chose to include indigo as the seventh color. A popular blue color dye called the Indigo Dye had been newly imported from the Indies that may have influenced his decision.<\/p>\n

Why is it called indigo?<\/span><\/h2>\n

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Indigo got its name from a plant discovered in the Indus Valley about 5,000 years ago. The indigo plant was called nila, meaning dark blue. By the 7th century B.C, people began using the plant as a deep blue dye. The Mesopotamians, for example, carved out recipes for making indigo dye into clay tablets. By the late 1200s, news of the popular blue dye made its way to Europe by way of Venitian merchant traveler, Marco Polo. By the 1600s, indigo grew in high demand across Europe and America, famed for its blue violet allure.<\/p>\n

The history of indigo color<\/span><\/h2>\n

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The story of indigo took an interesting turn in the late 1700s, as British demand started to decline and the American War for Independence began in 1775. The British began trading indigo once again by making the dye in India and unfortunately heavily exploiting Indian workers throughout the process. The maltreatment of the dye workers sparked revolts and riots in the 1860s, to the point where Mahatma Gandhi\u2019s first act of peaceful civil disobedience was in support of the indigo workers. He even went to court to fight on their behalf for better wages and improved working conditions.<\/p>\n

On the other side of the world, love for indigo continued to grow. Americans used it to make work shorts with indigo blue collars that showed less dirt and stains than white collars. In 1873, Jacob Davis and Levis Straus used indigo dye to make their now famous denim blue jeans in San Francisco. Today, the ajna chakra, or \u201cThird Eye\u201d, is associated with the color indigo (although not all systems of yoga agree with this color schematic).<\/p>\n

Indigo color meaning<\/span><\/h2>\n

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Indigo is rich in aesthetics and in meaning. In terms of color meaning<\/a>, indigo is quite spiritual and mysterious in its symbolism. It\u2019s the color of devotion, justice, creativity, dignity, and wisdom. Indigo is used in various cultures and celebrations including the vibrant Holi festival.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Indigo color codes<\/span><\/h2>\n

Let\u2019s take a look at some of the technical color information and color code breakdowns for Indigo:<\/p>\n

Indigo \u2013 RGB (Red Green Blue) color space<\/h3>\n