Indigo vs. Violet

Indigo vs. Violet — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Indigo and Violet

Indigonoun

A purplish-blue colour

Violetnoun

A bluish-purple colour.

Indigonoun

An indigo-colored dye obtained from certain plants (the indigo plant or woad), or a similar synthetic dye.

Violetnoun

Viola, a genus of fragrant plants with white, purple or yellow flowers.

Indigonoun

An indigo plant, such as from species in genera Indigofera, Amorpha (false indigo), Baptisia (wild indigo), and Psorothamnus and Dalea (indigo bush).

Violetnoun

Any of several plants that look like the plants of the genus Viola but are taxonomically unrelated to them.

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Indigoadjective

having a deep purplish-blue colour

Violetadjective

Having a bluish-purple colour.

Indigonoun

a blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically

Violetnoun

any of numerous low-growing small-flowered violas

Indigonoun

deciduous subshrub of southeastern Asia having pinnate leaves and clusters of red or purple flowers; a source of indigo dye

Violetnoun

a variable color that lies beyond blue in the spectrum

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Indigonoun

a blue-violet color

Violetadjective

of a color midway between red and blue