Among the colors that start with the letter I found the ivory, indigo, indianred and isabelino. They are variations of other primary colors or pure white; such is the case of the Elizabethan color, identified as a whitish tone by some and grayish by others.
The same confusion occurs with ivory, which has been called champagne, beige, creamy white, or dirty white. The reality is that ivory is the color ivory, a lighter derivation of beige, similar to the color of the elephant's tusks.
Indigo color
Indigo is also one of the variations of the chromatic spectrum that the human eye is capable of perceiving and is known to be observed as one of the seven colors of the rainbow.
The 4 most prominent colors that start with I
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Also known as indigo, it is the color blue in one of its most intense varieties; it is a deep shade with some tendency to violet as it is close to lilac in the rainbow.
One of the best known uses of indigo was when it was used as the quintessential color for jeans or jeans. The name of indigo was even given to the garment of that hue.
Indigo owes its name to a plant from which the pigment that was used to give fabrics blue color was extracted. Indigo has the ability to gradually fade from use.
2- Ivory
It is the color of ivory, a very hard substance of bone origin from which the teeth of some animals such as the elephant are made. Its composition involves white and a slight yellowish tinge that gives it that specific color.
Ivory is classified as a color that highlights natural elegance, be it of a person, animal or object.
3- Indianred
It is the name by which a shade of red is known, Indian red, which represents the reddish coloration of the earth.
Specifically it is the color of iron oxide and was used since the beginning of Prehistory. Its name is due to the fact that it was extracted from the red earth of India.
Graphic testimonies from very ancient caves demonstrate the use of this pigment from the red earth to make paintings and engravings. Years later famous Renaissance painters used it for its intensity of red and the duration of the pigment.
4- Elizabethan
It is a variety of white mixed with yellow hues; a legend attributes the name of this color to the queen of the same name, Isabel, who decided not to change her white clothes until she won an important contest.
As time passed, the white clothes turned yellowish and from there arose the Elizabethan tone, which is also applied in the manufacture of some furniture of the characteristic style of that time.
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