Ditch the indigo!

[Mysterian]

How many people include the "colour" indigo in a rainbow? Isn't it time to ditch this absurd double blueness?

Richard Of York Grew Big Vegetables is just as easy to remember.

Vote YANBU for a less complicated rainbow!

@Frenchfemme I don’t know if it’s an age thing but I was taught the ‘Vim version’ too! But mine was Bowls...
Rinse Out Your Greasy Bowls In Vim
I was beginning to think it was just me 😊

What’s the difference between indigo and violet anyways? Disclaimer- I have not read the thread cos thats how I roll so apologies if it’s been answered. I’ll read the thread now

Roy G Biv I for Indigo. Is this some light relief for us all in the madness of the world right now?

I always felt well intellectual à la Adrian Mole when I chanted Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Indigo Vi-o-let, so I think we should keep it for the disadvantaged and disaffected yoof. They're losing out on school, leaving dos and their GCSEs. Let them keep the word 'indigo'!

Indigo is my favourite colour of the rainbow. It stays.

The Dark Side of the Moon album cover only has six colours, so indigo has to go.

This is the very first AIBU where I genuinely do not know which way to vote! Both sides put across good arguments. Hmmm. Truly flummoxed.

What’s the difference between indigo and violet anyways?

WHAT????

Indigo is dark blue. You know the colour of new dark denim which is dyed with - wait for it - INDIGO to get that colour.

Violet is purple. The colour of lilac and crocuses, and lavender etc.

Th eonly discussion really is whether the light blue/dark blue shading deserves 2 words (blue and indigo)
Violet is definitely a separate colour.

I definitely see indigo. If you really insist on doing away with indigo by calling it blue you'd have to call that lighter hue cyan. Cyan sounds small and whiney while indigo sounds majestic!

But I can also see Lime. Should we include Lime too?

I like indigo.

YABU

I can’t believe you bunch of colourphobes are even discussing the existence of indigo. Indigo can identify as blue during the week and purple at the weekend, if indigo wishes. Indigo was born colour fluid and you should be ashamed of yourselves because your words are literal murder.

This is the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard OP. Next you'll be saying let's stop Pluto being a planet!

Plus there is no historical evidence that Richard of York was ever a vegetable gardener.

After viewing the illustration provided by cockcrowfarm, I move we remove orange.

I will concede that I’m a fucking idiot.

All my life I have thought of “indigo” as a different shade of purple and wondered why they included it on the rainbow.

I have genuinely never thought of it as instead “light blue, dark blue”.

This thread has been a revelation.

It is made up, by Isaac Newton. Newton felt the number 7 was more ‘significant’ than 6 (he was very religious and also rather woo). Hurrah, I remember something from A Level Physics!

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow#Number_of_colours_in_spectrum_or_rainbow

I saw this and mistakenly thought “should be in Style & Beauty”.
Indigo does nothing for me.

Isn't it named after indigo ink?

I also blame Isaac Newton. One of the world’s top ten geniuses (seriously? Light AND Gravity AND Calculus? While holding down a day job?) but somewhat eccentric in some of his views.

Seven is the magic number therefore there must be seven colours. Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Purple and errrr Blueypurple. You see! Seven!

I’m going to report this thread because I am offended by rainbows

One of the world’s top ten geniuses (seriously? Light AND Gravity AND Calculus? While holding down a day job

That's nothing. He also invented the catflap, because he was sick and tired of having to interrupt all his important work to let the cat in and then back out again five minutes later.

It's not one of the colours of Joseph's coat and that's in the bible

Newton. Magic. Seven.