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Post by caro on Apr 22, 2016 0:32:39 GMT
And you can't tell if it is black or blue. How can you tell? I know that sounds crazy but I have a skort and I can't decide. The tag says BL. So blue or black? Either color shirt works. Crazy, huh?
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Post by KikiPea on Apr 22, 2016 0:35:33 GMT
I usually put it up to something that I know for sure is that color to compare.
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Post by melanell on Apr 22, 2016 0:36:30 GMT
Wouldn't you like to have a word with the brilliant mind that decided that "BL" was a great code for that fabric color?   I'd look at it out in the sun, and if that didn't help, I'd just bring the shirt and shoes I wanted to wear with into natural light and if they look good together with the skort, then I'd go with it. |
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Post by christine58 on Apr 22, 2016 0:39:16 GMT
And you can't tell if it is black or blue. How can you tell? I know that sounds crazy but I have a skort and I can't decide. The tag says BL. So blue or black? Either color shirt works. Crazy, huh? Take something white and hold it up to it under a lamp....happens to me a lot... |
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Post by caro on Apr 22, 2016 0:39:32 GMT
Natural light is not helping me. Ugh, both shirts look fine.
First world problem.
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Post by rst on Apr 22, 2016 1:01:36 GMT
IF you can't tell, and are really looking, then nobody can tell casually seeing you, and it totally doesn't matter.
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Post by auntkelly on Apr 22, 2016 1:02:24 GMT
I always hold it against something that is black.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2016 1:02:49 GMT
Usually bk is code for black so it's probably blue.
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Post by Eddie-n-Harley on Apr 22, 2016 1:33:42 GMT
Usually bk is code for black so it's probably blue. See, I was thinking that a blue that dark is usually Navy, and so would be NA or NV. |
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Post by caro on Apr 22, 2016 1:37:35 GMT
I always hold it against something that is black. Did that. I still could not tell. |
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Post by auntkelly on Apr 22, 2016 1:55:26 GMT
I always hold it against something that is black. Did that. I still could not tell. I would call it black if that were the case. I always think you can see the contrast between blue & black when they are against each other. |
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Post by Spongemom Scrappants on Apr 22, 2016 2:03:15 GMT
All my "tricks" have already been mentioned - taking it outside in natural light, holding it against something known to be black, and holding it against something pure white. Avoid wearing it with anything else that's either black or blue. Just pair it with other colors and you should be fine. Or throw it away. Problem solved!  |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2016 2:04:08 GMT
Play it safe and choose another shirt that matches both blue and black? How about snapping a photo and seeing what color it looks in the picture? |
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Post by Peamac on Apr 22, 2016 3:55:50 GMT
Or throw it away. Problem solved!  Perfect solution!  I sometimes have that problem with DH's socks. I pull out a black sock and a blue sock and compare all three. I'm also thinking that BL is blue and BK is black, but that's just a guess. |
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Post by azredhead on Apr 22, 2016 4:25:55 GMT
Oh I'm so glad I'm not the only one who has trouble with this. Dh has several pants that he wears for work two navy and one black. The navy and black ones I have a really hard time telling. Sometimes I'll have to get a tie out to tell. The other pair is a lighter navy so it's easier blue. But the other two give me trouble~  I even worked in mens retail for ages. I usually had to read the label to tell. That was ages ago! Thank goodness his socks are either black or white. I have a long navy skirt that I wear for church but it's easy to tell it's navy. So I usually get blouses that have more shades of blue or a solid color to match it. |
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Post by ~summer~ on Apr 22, 2016 4:39:17 GMT
Just look at it in the sun light and see what it looks to you
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Post by JustCallMeMommy on Apr 22, 2016 14:04:27 GMT
I have a pair of pants that I have been debating about for years. They are seersucker and kind of beachy, so blue SEEMS right, but if it is blue, it is such a dark blue that it looks black. I figure it I can't tell, neither can anyone else.
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Post by freebird on Apr 22, 2016 15:14:25 GMT
Pretty sure it's gold and white.
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Post by disneypal on Apr 22, 2016 15:23:07 GMT
I have a pair of pants like that and it is really hard to tell if they are blue or black - so .... I took them outside in the bright sunshine and could tell they were blue.
Then I took a sharpie and wrote on the tag "BLUE" so I would know from then on out. |
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