indigo
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Across the gold-leaf ground, horsemen of the avant-garde charge into the indigo ocean, firing arrows in pursuit of the fleeing Taira clan boats.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 7, 2026
As the sub dropped below 200 metres, the last traces of light disappeared, and indigo faded into total darkness.
From Barron's • Jan. 26, 2026
Through the window of an upper floor office in West Hollywood, the sky changed from cyan to navy and then indigo blue.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 14, 2024
That’s mainly because the scarcity of indigo has driven up costs in recent years.
From BBC • Oct. 16, 2024
Their shadows, and the shadow of the tower on which they stood, and all the spectres of the burning trees, stretched over the parkland in broad strips of indigo.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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