Lavender vs. Indigo — What's the Difference?

A small aromatic evergreen shrub of the mint family, with narrow leaves and bluish-purple flowers, used in perfumery and medicine.

Indigo is a deep 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.

A pale blue colour with a trace of mauve

Any of various shrubs or herbs of the genus Indigofera in the pea family, having pinnately compound leaves and usually red or purple flowers in axillary racemes.

Perfume with lavender

A dark blue crystalline compound, C16H10N2O2, that is obtained from these plants or produced synthetically and is widely used as a textile dye. Also called indigotin.

Any of various aromatic plants of the genus Lavandula of the mint family, native chiefly to the Mediterranean region, especially L. angustifolia, having clusters of small purplish flowers. Lavender is widely cultivated as an ornamental and for its essential oil, used in perfumery and cosmetics.

Any of several related plants, especially those of the genera Amorpha and Baptisia.

The fragrant dried leaves, stems, and flowers of this plant.

The hue of that portion of the visible spectrum lying between blue and violet, evoked in the human observer by radiant energy with wavelengths of approximately 420 to 450 nanometers; a dark blue to grayish purple blue.

A pale to light purple to very light or very pale violet.

A purplish-blue colour

Any of a group of European plants, genus, Lavandula, of the mint family.

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

(color) A pale bluish purple colour, like that of the lavender flower.

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

A kind of film stock for creating positive prints from negatives as part of the process of duplicating the negatives.

Having a deep purplish-blue colour

(color) Having a pale purple colour.

A kind of deep blue, one of the seven prismatic colors.

(politics) Pertaining to LGBT people and rights.

A blue dyestuff obtained from several plants belonging to very different genera and orders, such as, the woad, Isatis tinctoria (family Cruciferae), Indigofera suffroticosa, Indigofera tinctoria (family Leguminosae), Indigofera Anil, Nereum tinctorium, Polygonum tinctorium Ait. (family Polygonaceae), etc.; called also natural indigo. It is a dark blue earthy substance, tasteless and odorless, with a copper-violet luster when rubbed. Indigo does not exist in the plants as such, but is obtained by decomposition of the glycoside indican.

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Having the color of, pertaining to, or derived from, indigo.

(transitive) To decorate or perfume with lavender.

A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically

An aromatic plant of the genus Lavandula (Lavandula vera), common in the south of Europe. It yields and oil used in medicine and perfumery. The Spike lavender (Lavandula Spica) yields a coarser oil (oil of spike), used in the arts.

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

The pale, purplish color of lavender flowers, paler and more delicate than lilac.

A blue-violet color

Any of various Old World aromatic shrubs or subshrubs with usually mauve or blue flowers; widely cultivated

Of a pale purple color