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Spell Bee Word: Indigo


What does indigo mean?

Word: Indigo

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Indigo means a deep blue-purple colour. It is one of the seven colours of the rainbow.

How do you spell indigo?

Syllables: in - di - go

Tricky part: The second vowel is i, not e, even though it can sound like indego.

Watch out for: indego, indugo, indago

Memory tip: The word dig sits right in the middle of indigo.

Indigo in a sentence

Example 1: Ravi coloured the night sky indigo in his drawing.

Example 2: My kurta is dyed indigo.

Example 3: The sky turned indigo after sunset.

Fun Fact

Indigo dye comes from a plant that farmers in India have grown since ancient times. Its name comes from a Greek word meaning from India.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) endigo
b) indigoe
c) indigo
d) indigow

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c) indigo. Indigo starts with in and ends in a plain o.

Word Chain

Complete the word sequence:

violet, ____, blue, green

a) red
b) brown
c) pink
d) indigo

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d) indigo. In the rainbow order VIBGYOR, indigo sits between violet and blue.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

inndigo

a) o
b) d
c) g
d) n

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d) n. Indigo has a single n.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

My new indigo dress has shiny butons.

a) new
b) indigo
c) shiny
d) butons

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d) butons. Buttons has a double t in the middle.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these clothes is often dyed with indigo?

a) blue jeans
b) a red sari
c) a white school shirt
d) a yellow raincoat

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a) blue jeans

2. Indigo, red and green are all names of ____.

a) animals
b) shapes
c) colours
d) fruits

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c) colours

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