Mood Indigo
Sad jazz standard
Mood Indigo is a 1930 jazz composition by Duke Ellington, one of his most celebrated pieces.
The title has become shorthand for a particular shade of melancholy—wistful, blue, but with elegance rather than despair.
She's been in a mood indigo since he left.
The phrase blends the emotional sense of mood with indigo's deep blue, evoking sadness that runs deeper than ordinary blues.
- bluePrimary color; also sad
- deep blueSaturated dark azure
- melancholySubdued, lasting sadness
- jazzImprovisational American music genre
- EllingtonJazz composer and bandleader
Duke · Cotton Club · big band · sadness · twilight · velvet · saxophone · smoky · lonely · wistful · midnight · deep · sultry · slow dance · ballad · torch song · torch · bittersweet
emotional tone
Mood Indigoeuphoria
Intense emotional high
jubilation · elation · bliss · exuberance · joy
mood, moods, moody, moodily, moodiness, indigo, indigoes, indigos