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  2. Navy blue - Wikipedia

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    Navy blue is a dark shade of the color blue. French sailor in dark blue uniform Navy blue got its name from the dark blue (contrasted with naval white) worn by officers in the Royal Navy since 1748 and subsequently adopted by other navies around the world.

  3. Shades of blue - Wikipedia

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    Navy blue is a shade of the standard (h = 240°) blue. Navy blue got its name from the dark blue (contrasted with white) worn by sailors in the Royal Navy since 1748 (originally called marine blue before 1840) and subsequently adopted by other navies around the world. The first recorded use of navy blue as a color name in English was in 1840. [24]

  4. Uniforms of the United States Navy - Wikipedia

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    An officer inspects enlisted sailors in Service Dress Blue (2008) A female U.S. Navy officer in Service Dress Blue uniform (2012) The Service Dress Blue (SDB) uniform consists of a dark navy blue suit coat and trousers (or optional skirt for women) that are nearly black in color, a white shirt, and a black four-in-hand necktie for men or a neck tab for women.

  5. List of colors by shade - Wikipedia

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    Brown colors are dark or muted shades of reds, oranges, and yellows. Browns are sometimes by mixing two complementary colors from the RYB model (combining all three primary colors). In theory, such combinations should produce black, but in practice (because of non-ideal pigments), they do not.

  6. Blue - Wikipedia

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    In 1748, the Royal Navy adopted a dark shade of blue for the uniform of officers. [77] It was first known as marine blue, now known as navy blue. [82] The militia organized by George Washington selected blue and buff, the colours of the British Whig Party. Blue continued to be the colour of the field uniform of the US Army until 1902, and is ...

  7. Military colours, standards and guidons - Wikipedia

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    Navy 1993–2023: Emblem of KPA with gold four anchor above, bicolour of white and navy blue with 5 alternating stripes between the large stripes (3 dark blue, 2 white) in the middle; Navy from 2023: A gold ring with above and laurel wreath below, a red star bearing the national emblem in gold, bicolour of white and navy blue with 5 alternating ...

  8. Midnight blue - Wikipedia

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    Midnight blue is a dark shade of blue named for its resemblance to the apparently blue color of a moonlit night sky around a full moon. Midnight blue is identifiably blue to the eye in sunlight or full-spectrum light , but can appear black under certain more limited spectra sometimes found in artificial lighting (especially early 20th-century ...

  9. Category:Shades of blue - Wikipedia

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