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MzHartz


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Which is darker, Dark Blue or Navy?

I just had a conversation with my customer, and we have different opinions on what Dark Blue and Navy are.  I'm wondering what everyone else thinks.


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I think Navy Blue is darker.

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dark blue
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navy blue
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sometimes i have a hard time telling my dark blue trouser socks apart from my black trouser socks...

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I always thought that navy blue was darker. Although, I thought they were originally supposed to be the same color. Something about the story was the Navy distinguishing the blue in their uniforms. Hence navy blue.

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Fuzzy struck on the answer I was looking for.

So the customer called me because she asked for Dark Blue and I quoted her Navy.

She was afraid that Navy wouldn't be dark enough, and she'd rather have dark blue instead.

My response was that I considered them basically the same.

In the rare instances where I have to distinguish between the two, I'd pick Navy as being darker.

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Do I win some sort of prize? I like prizes. nod.gif

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You win a blue cow.  Congrats.

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I guess it depends on who's scale of blues you are using. According to Wikipedia (which we all know is always right rofl.gif), Navy blue is darker than dark blue but not quite as dark as say Federal blue or Duke blue.

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Mooooooooooooooooo.

Duke blue doesn't appear that dark. At least not on their uniforms anyway. Cowboy blue, Brewers now blue (not old school uniforms), of course Navy blue are all darker that Duke Blue Devil blue.

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Found this chart under the "X11 Color Names" section....looks like "Dark Blue" is a just a tad lighter than "Navy"  with Midnight Blue being the darkest....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_colors

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