Thursday word: perse

[prettygoodword]

perse (PURS) - n., a dark grayish indigo

Comments

[fieryphoenix]

I guess it depends. I used to think of indigo as the hue midway between blue and violet in the visible spectrum. Since I got more into art, I see indigo more as this specific shade of violet-blue on the left of this watercolor swatch, which would make "dark, grayish" redundant:

[prettygoodword]

Persian is an Indo-Iranian language, so indigo production in India is a definite possiblity, yeah. Thanks!