Editing Indigo (section)

=== Dyes ===
{{further|Indigo dye#History of indigo}}
[[File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Indigo wordt aangemaakt in kuilen in uitgehakte puimsteentufgrond Karolanden TMnr 10014190.jpg|thumb|Indigo is created in potholes carved in pumice "tufgrond" in [[Karo Regency|Karoland]], [[Sumatra]].]]
* Indigo dye was used to dye denim, giving the original '[[Jeans|blue jeans]]' their distinctive colour.
* The original Postal Worker uniform contained indigo dye, partly due to the dye not running when wet.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hejna |first1=Jamie |title=What Color is Indigo? |url=https://freelancefaucet.com/answered/what-color-is-indigo/ |website=Freelance Faucet |date=19 February 2023 |access-date=19 February 2023 |archive-date=19 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230219153939/https://freelancefaucet.com/answered/what-color-is-indigo/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Guatemala]], as of 1778, was considered one of the world's foremost providers of indigo.<ref name="Kitchin">{{cite book|last=Kitchin|first=Thomas|title=The Present State of the West-Indies: Containing an Accurate Description of What Parts Are Possessed by the Several Powers in Europe|year=1778|publisher=R. Baldwin|location=London|page=30|url=http://www.wdl.org/en/item/4397/view/1/30/|access-date=30 August 2013|archive-date=19 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019122932/http://www.wdl.org/en/item/4397/view/1/30/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* In Mexico, indigo is known as ''[[Indigofera suffruticosa|añil]]''.<ref>Gallego, Rosa; Sanz, Juan Carlos (2001). Diccionario Akal del color. Akal. {{ISBN|978-84-460-1083-8}}.</ref> After silver, and [[cochineal]] to produce red, ''añil'' was the most important product exported by historical Mexico.<ref>Article „añil" in: ''Enciclopedia de México'', vol 1, Mexiko-City: Secretaría de Educacion Pública, 1987</ref>
* The use of ''añil'' is survived in the Philippines, particularly in the Visayas and Mindanao. The powder dye is mixed with vinegar to be applied to the cheek of a person suffering from mumps.{{citation needed|date=May 2019}}