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靛色

diànsè
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 indigo (color)

Characters

靛
diàn
indigo (dye / color)
色
sè
color

Examples

她穿了一件靛色的长裙。
Tā chuān le yí jiàn diànsè de chángqún.
She wore an indigo long dress.
彩虹中的靛色夹在蓝色和紫色之间。
Cǎihóng zhōng de diànsè jiā zài lánsè hé zǐsè zhī jiān.
Indigo in the rainbow sits between blue and violet.

Tips

history
The character 靛 originally referred to dye made from 蓼蓝 (knotweed indigo), a plant used in China for over two thousand years. The chengyu 青出于蓝 ('blue comes from indigo') refers to this same dye process.

Stroke Order

靛 diàn
色 sè

Related Words

靛蓝 diànlán #38,932
indigo (dye) / indigo blue (color)
结构色 jiégòusè
structural color (color produced by microscopic structure rather than pigment)
荧光色 yíngguāngsè
fluorescent color / neon color
撞色 zhuàngsè
color blocking / contrasting colors / (of two items) to clash in color
色彩顾问 sècǎigùwèn
color consultant / personal color analyst
着色 zhuósè #27,232
to apply color / to color / to paint (with color) / to tint
棕色 zōngsè #4,593
brown (color)
金色 jīnsè #5,346
gold (color) / golden
黄色 huángsè HSK 2 #3,285
yellow (color)
彩色 cǎisè HSK 3 #10,478
color; multicolored / in color (as opposed to black and white)
靛色 diànsè
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