Dark indigo cloth with scattered cream grid-like square motifs and subtle woven texture

Tap the swatch to see it larger. Colours on a screen are a guide, not a match, so come and feel the real cloth.

Mark Alexander

Tempo Indigo

Name: Tempo Indigo
Brand: Mark Alexander

Tempo Indigo presents a deep, cool indigo ground scattered with small cream square motifs. The close view shows a subtly grained textile surface, giving the dark colour quiet depth rather than a flat appearance.

deep indigo blue geometric small smart both

Ask Ruth about this fabric See it in your room

See this fabric on Mark Alexander's own site, then order it through us.

About this fabric

The pattern is made up of widely spaced, small square forms, each marked with a fine cream grid that reads clearly against the near-navy background. Indigo dominates the colourway, while the softly contrasting cream details add a measured, graphic lift without making the cloth feel bright. The visible surface has a restrained woven texture, and the supplied listing records no performance features for this fabric.

How to use it

Use Tempo Indigo where a room needs a cool, grounded blue with small-scale pattern: it would suit tailored upholstery, accent cushions or relaxed curtains alongside pale timber, chalky neutrals and warm cream.

Use the cool indigo ground and cream square motifs to bring graphic definition to tailored seating, cushions or curtains.

Mark Alexander Timeless Embroideries Fabric

More from Timeless Embroideries

The same book, other colourways.

Deep indigo fabric with pale dotted ogee lattice and subtle vertical woven texture

Ogee Indigo

Timeless Embroideries

Pale plaster-ivory fabric with fine vertical weave and dotted ogee embroidery

Ogee Plaster

Timeless Embroideries

Storm-grey fabric with pale dotted ogee lattice and fine vertical woven texture

Ogee Storm

Timeless Embroideries

Deep olive-grey curtain with fine vertical texture and soft tailored folds

Reflection Heritage

Timeless Embroideries

Smoky indigo-grey woven fabric with scattered dark and pale horizontal stitched dashes

Reflection Indigo

Timeless Embroideries

Pale white-sand weave with scattered short horizontal white marks and subtle slubs

Reflection White Sand

Timeless Embroideries

Deep indigo textile with pale broken dashes arranged in dense horizontal rows

Scribe Indigo

Timeless Embroideries

Warm taupe woven fabric with pale horizontal dash rows and tactile striped texture

Scribe Mocassin

Timeless Embroideries

Warm sand-beige textile with scattered white square grid motifs and subtle woven texture

Tempo White Sand

Timeless Embroideries

Ivory textile with tonal curved woodgrain lines arranged in geometric panels

Woodgrain Jasper White

Timeless Embroideries

Pale silvery-grey textile with ivory woodgrain curves arranged in angular panels

Woodgrain Silverbirch

Timeless Embroideries

Cool storm-grey textile with ivory woodgrain lines arranged in irregular geometric panels

Woodgrain Storm

Timeless Embroideries

See the whole collection

Pairs well with

A pattern needs somewhere for the eye to rest, so these are the plains and textures that sit beside Tempo Indigo without fighting it. Mixed across the houses we hold, which is the part a single supplier's book cannot do.

Close-up of a deep indigo woven fabric with fine textured surface

Alie Indigo

Essential Weaves Vol 2

Deep indigo plain fabric with a fine vertical texture and smooth matte finish

Galaxy Indigo

Galaxy Collection

Deep indigo blue fabric with softly mottled, cloudy tonal surface texture

Alvar Indigo

Alvar 2

Close-up of deep indigo woven fabric with pale blue flecks and mottled texture

Beauvoir Indigo

Latour

Deep indigo blue plain fabric with soft folds and a subtle woven sheen

Alchemy Indigo

Alchemy

Close-up of a textured indigo-blue woven fabric with small basket weave

Arran FR Indigo

Alderney

Painterly indigo koi with navy markings across a pale greige wallpaper ground

Koi Wide Width Indigo

Colour 4 Wallpapers

Deep indigo blue outdoor weave with dense pebbled texture and subtle lighter flecks

Elio Indigo

Indoor Outdoor Weaves

Close-up of deep indigo blue plain fabric with a soft mottled weave

Camden Indigo Blue

Camden

Dark indigo plain woven fabric swatch with a subtly mottled texture

Camden Indigo Blue Fr

Camden

Orissa Silk Iris

Orissa Silk

Orissa Silk Persian Blue

Orissa Silk

Paint that goes with it

Two ways to take the room. Both colours are from houses we hold, so a pot can come off the same order as the cloth. Screens shift colour, so treat these as a direction and bring the cloth to the shelf before you buy the paint.

To sit quietly behind it

Burn Black Light

Sanderson · #3b3b3d

To stand against it

Aubusson

Zoffany · #9b9d9c

Other blue fabrics

Across the houses we hold. See all 7,979.

Deep indigo and ivory woven textile with staggered horizontal block stripes

Boardwalk Indigo

Timeless Pattern

Dusty blue-grey woven fabric with an ivory linked trellis pattern

Jepara Dusty Blue

Timeless Pattern

Muted blue-grey and stone geometric textile with vertical ladder and zigzag bands

Khari Atlantic

Timeless Prints

Cool blue-grey textile with a pale broken linear motif on a cushion

Kimono Ocean

Timeless Prints

Pale cream textile with dusty blue floral medallions and grey-beige botanical detail

M660 Indian Blue

Timeless Prints

Cream textile with repeating muted indigo botanical medallions and leafy floral detail

M660 Indigo

Timeless Prints

Blue-grey botanical fabric with pale leafy motifs and a visibly textured woven surface

M661 Atlantic

Timeless Prints

Cool blue-grey floral ground with chalky ivory flowers and fine woven texture

M662 Indian Blue

Timeless Prints

Slate blue-grey floral fabric with ivory blossoms and a softly crosshatched weave

M662 Ocean

Timeless Prints

Cool blue-grey fabric with pale branching stems and delicate feathery blossoms

M663 Indian Blue

Timeless Prints

Blue-grey indigo fabric with pale botanical sprays and fine crosshatched texture

M663 Indigo

Timeless Prints

Scatter Ocean

Timeless Prints