Do you know the colors of the rainbow by heart? I guess you have encountered the acronym ROYGBIV to remember the colors of the rainbow. Let me guess? You might answer R for red, O for orange, Y for yellow, and so on. How about the I? Probably one of the not so common color that we encounter in our everyday life is the color INDIGO. Indigo got its name from a plant once used by the ancient Maya people for dyeing cloth. Mayan people used indigo because it was supposed to have a soothing effect on pregnant women and unborn babies. It is one of the oldest dye colors used in traditional printing and textile production. Today, it is primarily used for coloring the cloth for blue jeans or denims.
More than just an ancient dye color or one of the colors of the rainbow, indigo is no used as a color code for human personality. Individuals or indigo personality types are supposed to have unique psychological attributes that are normally exhibited starting from childhood. According to Nancy Anne Tappe, a life color guru, people with this personality are extraordinary, independent, and to some degree, even rebellious. In her book Understanding Your Life Through Color, Tappe...