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Indigo vs Azure - What's the difference?

indigo | azure |

As a noun indigo

is anil, indigo (plant).

As a verb azure is

.

As an adjective azure is

azure (blue in colour).

indigo

English

(wikipedia indigo)

Noun

  • A purplish-blue colour
  • * {{quote-book, year=1907, author=
    • , title=The Dust of Conflict , chapter=6 citation , passage=The night was considerably clearer than anybody on board her desired when the schooner Ventura headed for the land. It rose in places, black and sharp against the velvety indigo , over her dipping bow, though most of the low littoral was wrapped in obscurity.}}
  • An indigo-colored dye obtained from certain plants (the or woad), or a similar synthetic dye.
  • An indigo plant, such as from species in genera Indigofera'', ''Amorpha'' ( and ''Dalea (indigo bush).

    • Derived terms

    * (Viduidae family) * indigo blue * indigo bunting * indigo snake * indium * , Amorpha spp. ) * ) * wild indigo ()

    Related terms

    * indican * indicolite * indium * indoxyl * induline

    Adjective

    (head)
  • Having a deep blue colour.

    • See also

    * anil * aniline * * rainbow * Saxon blue *

    References

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    azure

    English

    (wikipedia azure)

    Noun

  • (tincture) A blue colour on a coat of arms, represented in engraving by horizontal parallel lines.
  • * 1997 , Brault, Early Blazon :
    • In Bb'' [Glover's Roll], the conventional letter ''B is used to indicate azure in most items.
  • The clear blue colour of the sky; also, a pigment or dye of this colour.
  • * Wordsworth
    • In robes of azure .
  • (poetic) The unclouded sky; the blue vault above.
  • *
    • Not like those steps / On heaven's azure .
  • Lapis lazuli.

    • Alternative forms

    * (blue color on a coat of arms)

    Derived terms

    * azurely * azureness * azurite * azurity

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Sky-blue; resembling the clear blue colour of the unclouded sky; cerulean; also, cloudless.
  • *
    • When Britain first, at Heaven's command / Arose from out the azure main.
  • (tincture) In blazon, of the colour blue.

    • Verb

    (azur)
  • To colour blue.

    • See also

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