indigo

Under an indigo stage light, singer-songwriter Selines formed loose prayer hands around the microphone.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026

Across the gold-leaf ground, horsemen of the avant-garde charge into the indigo ocean, firing arrows in pursuit of the fleeing Taira clan boats.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 7, 2026

As the sub dropped below 200 metres, the last traces of light disappeared, and indigo faded into total darkness.

From Barron's ● Jan. 26, 2026

That’s mainly because the scarcity of indigo has driven up costs in recent years.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2024

Their shadows, and the shadow of the tower on which they stood, and all the spectres of the burning trees, stretched over the parkland in broad strips of indigo.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

Amorpha, a-mor′fa, n. a genus of North American shrubs of the bean family, the false indigoes or lead-plants—also bastard or wild indigo.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

Jim's idea of the word "indigoes" was, that it drew its meaning partly from the color of the articles designated, and partly from their office.

From Sevenoaks by Holland, J. G. (Josiah Gilbert)

The way I feel lately sometimes, honest, I think if I get to getting the indigoes much deeper, there's no telling where they'll land me.

From Every Soul Hath Its Song by Hurst, Fannie

Strangely enough, in the vicinity of Denver in 1901, these birds were abundant and as easily approached and studied as are the indigoes of the East.

From Birds of the Rockies by Keyser, Leander S. (Leander Sylvester)

The sky, low and heavy with tumbled cloud, was a study in greys and indigoes; the earth a still, uncharted waste.

From The Great Amulet by Diver, Maud

Her paintings, in black-on-black or leavened by indigos or grays, include sharp lines reminiscent of architectural drawings, but also effusive layers and drips.

From New York Times ● Nov. 10, 2022

At the mixing station, Andrea Arriola-Pinto swirled light magentas, indigos and dark purples in four separate dishes like an artist mixing paint.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2022

On São Tomé and Príncipe, two tiny islands off the west coast of Africa, Rayna Bell came across Lilliputian frogs, decked out in lime green, speckled in leopard print and daubed with indigos.

From Nature ● Oct. 6, 2015

Hallway carpets with comically giant indigos and carrot-orange walls conspire to create a visual jungle.

From New York Times ● Jun. 18, 2010

The moon paints the sky in deep violets and indigos.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton