indigo

deep shade of blue
Event traditional_color_of_japan Q5967009
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indigo

Summary

indigo is a traditional color of Japan[1]. indigo draws 4,253 Wikipedia views per month (traditional_color_of_japan category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]

Key Facts

  • indigo's instance of is recorded as traditional color of Japan[3].
  • indigo's instance of is recorded as spectral color[4].
  • indigo is named after indigo[5].
  • indigo followed blue[6].
  • indigo was followed by violet[7].
  • indigo was followed by purple[8].
  • indigo is a type of blue[9].
  • indigo is part of shade of blue[10].
  • indigo's Commons category is recorded as Indigo[11].
  • indigo's sRGB color hex triplet is recorded as 4B0082[12].
  • indigo's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Indigo[13].
  • indigo's Commons gallery is recorded as Indigo[14].
  • indigo's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[15].
  • indigo's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[16].
  • indigo's name in kana is recorded as あいいろ[17].
  • indigo's different from is recorded as indigo[18].
  • indigo's wavelength is recorded as {'unit': 'Q178674', 'amount': '+437.5'}[19].
  • indigo's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Craft[20].
  • indigo's CSS color keyword is recorded as indigo[21].

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Context

indigo is part of shade of blue[10]. Recorded instance of include traditional color of Japan[3] and spectral color[4]. indigo followed blue[6]. Successors include violet[7] and purple[8].

Outcome and Impact

Things named for indigo include indium[22], a chemical element[23]; Anil[24], a neighbourhood in Rio de Janeiro[25], in Brazil[26], founded in 1981[27]; and Indigo Design Award[28], an award[29], in Netherlands[30], founded in 2018[31].

Why It Matters

indigo draws 4,253 Wikipedia views per month (traditional_color_of_japan category, ranking #1 of 1).[2] indigo has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] indigo is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

Entities named for indigo include indium[22], a chemical element[23]; Anil[24], a neighbourhood in Rio de Janeiro[25], in Brazil[26], founded in 1981[27]; and Indigo Design Award[28], an award[29], in Netherlands[30], founded in 2018[31].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [22] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [24] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 17h ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of
    On focus list of wikimedia project WikiProject Craft
    Named after indigo
    Instance of
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    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 18804, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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