indigo

In experiments with tree shrews, whose visual systems share important similarities with those of humans, researchers found that exposure to indigo light completely prevented the development of nearsightedness.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026

I also found an indigo blue kimono to wear at an art event later this year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 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

Although a menacing observer lurks in the darkness, the couple feels protected, submerged beneath the wall of clouds, which roll like white waves against a huge, indigo sky.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 15, 2025

On the bottom shelf behind a row of salves in squat clay jars he found a vial of indigo glass, no larger than his little finger.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

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 J. G. (Josiah Gilbert) Holland

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 Leander S. (Leander Sylvester) Keyser

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 Maud Diver

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

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 Fannie Hurst

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