indigo
靛青
definition
noun
The planting of indigoes was only by a handful of Hakka farmers in mountain towns, because poor transportation prevented them from acquiring imported dyes.
a tropical plant of the pea family, which was formerly widely cultivated as a source of dark blue dye.
Tuareg and Fulani women wear dark clothes dyed with indigo .
the dark blue dye obtained from the indigo plant.
translation of 'indigo '
noun
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example
So really, I used an analogous process for the fermentation, which in the case of the 'indigo' was done with a plant material.
He sighed and looked more closely at the auburn hair and then looked into those dark thoughtful eyes, the strangest colour he had ever seen, a deep 'indigo' violet.
Originally, natural dyes from amla, henna, pomegranate, 'indigo' and turmeric were used to dye the silk.
Its blue colorant is chemically identical to 'indigo' made from plants of the genus Indigofera, cultivated in Asia.
So there is the possibility to see whether they could produce by a chemical process to dye with 'indigo' rather than a chemical process as at present.
Because the blue used was generally 'indigo' , two separate dyebaths were required or, less satisfactorily, green pigments were used.
It also has some of the best beaches in Greece, with 'indigo' depths and aquamarine shallows.
The aerial part of the plant was used locally for 'indigo' dyeing in ancient time.
One corner of the obsidian has been cut and polished, and when held in the light it shimmers from 'indigo' to violet.
The sky had vanished, the entire world was painted a dark 'indigo' .
I could even make out the different 'indigo' and violet stripes, which is rare.
Blue colour was derived from 'indigo' while black was obtained from iron oxide.
The same options were available for dyeing the wool or cotton, which could be achieved using dyes such as madder, cochineal, and 'indigo' .
Tuareg and Fulani women wear dark clothes dyed with 'indigo' .
Rich shades of violet and 'indigo' melted into the vast blackness of the sky.
Indigo was also a significant earner of Chinese silver, but its replacement by synthetic Prussian blue brought the 'indigo' business to a disastrous end.
Natural 'indigo' is obtained from the plant indigofera.
Even rarer were certain organic dyes, such as 'indigo' or purple, which had to be impregnated in chalk or the like to make them fast.
I reached for my coat, a deep blue dyed with a plant called 'indigo' , and, after a second's hesitation, also took a pair of wool-lined gloves.
Portuguese and Genoan sailors used this durable, blue, broad cloth, dyed with 'indigo' , for their bellbottom sailing pants, and it soon became popular with farmers and others.
They were not blue, they were fiery cobalt, intense 'indigo' , smoldering sapphire, and they could change their appearance with her every varying emotion.
It was usually dyed with 'indigo' , a dye taken from plants in the Americas and India, which made jean cloth a dark blue colour.
I thought 'indigo' might be popular because it's a colour people associate with rainbows and not much else.
Vegetable dyes have always been cheaper, the most common in William Perkin's day were madder and 'indigo' , the ancient red and blue dyes.
It includes the full spectrum of colors: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, 'indigo' , and violet.
The Tuareg are best known for the men's practice of veiling their faces with a blue cloth dyed with 'indigo' .
A more accurate map shows a wash of differing hues of 'indigo' and violet, with some smatterings of infrared and ultraviolet at the extremes.
Later color theorists generally replaced 'indigo' and violet with just a single hue: purple or violet.
From it radiated directly the 'indigo' and rice plantations.
The rest were different shades of blue, from sky blue to 'indigo' .
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