Indigo Vs Violet Colour. Originally he used only five colors but later he added orange and indigo to match the number of musical notes in the major scale. Indigo is a deep and rich color close to the color wheel blue a primary color in the rgb color space as well as to some variants of ultramarine based on the ancient dye of the same name the word indigo comes from the latin for indian as the dye was originally exported to europe from india.
Another traditional mnemonic device has been to turn the initial. Notice it s not labelled indigo. The munsell color system the first formal color notation system 1905 names only five principal hues.
Another traditional mnemonic device has been to turn the initial.
So the spectrum was first described with seven colors but most people even if they see color well can t actually distinguish indigo from blue or violet. Another traditional mnemonic device has been to turn the initial. The first known recorded use of indigo as a color name in english was in 1289. Violet noun any of numerous low growing small flowered violas.
