Indigo is my best color, if you can call it a color. To most, it appears to be just a deep blue purple, but indigo has an aura of the mystic in its lore. The truest description of indigo I can give is of the sky on a cloudless and moonless night. But what we are really seeing there, is pretty much infinity. If we could focus out that far, we could see back to the beginning of the universe, if there is one. The night sky is completely filled with light!
Yet indigo, and the night sky, appears almost black. Indigo is awakened black, the undark darkness come alive. A more honest black, one that calls you in, rather than trying to hide something from you like black does.
So to me, my favorite color, indigo, is an entire rainbow of light, seen far, far, away.
Sometimes it makes me think of children's colored clay, when you mix all of the colors together and wind up with murky purplish. Indigo is an entire heavenly realm, appearing as an endless receding background in a light show with no darkness, only light upon light upon light.
Indigo opens up like a fan, and all of the colors are shimmering in there, only on a higher frequency of light, in a more exalted form. Have you ever been a room with all blacklights and florescent posters? The indigo universe is like that. The realm of true indigo is not very worldly. But we catch a glimpse of it here and there.
If you look deeply into cobalt blue glass, you will find bright blue spot, with a hint of pink, someplace where the light shines through. Other parts of the glass will swallow up much of the light, appearing almost black. This is a good way to experience indigo.
Another great way to enjoy indigo is on velvet, or the velvety richness of those so called black flowers, which I've seen in pansies and tulips and petunias.
Indigo is the only true black in a universe with all light. For a while it was the only black I used in my art, for that reason. But black is a useful illusion on earth, and in art.
Use indigo for that feeling of deep meditation, mystery, and spiritual peace. Introspect the universe within.
“Indigo food vibrations are: blackberries, blue plums, blueberries, purple brocoli, beetroot, and purple grapes.” -Tae Yun Kim
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