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[Jasmine19]

I noticed difficulty discerning dark colors when I hit my mid fifties. I match dark colored socks in front of a bright window. Ah, the joys of aging!

[ROMARY]

Very stylish.  And thank goodness.  I've always loved medium navy with black in houndstooth patterns, etc.  Now we can wear navy and black solids together!

[GCR18]

I wear navy socks with black pants a lot.  I wouldn't notice until sometime during the day or when I changed when I got home from work.  I fixed that though, by getting rid of the navy socks.  I rarely wore them with navy anyway.

[JustJazzmom]

I solve that problem by inscribing with an indelible ink pen the letter 'N' on the tag of the pants, so I know which pants are which. 

Color blindness involves other colors like difficulty distinguishing green from red or green from yellow. Sometimes it's passed on through heredity and other times it happens over time (like with lens of our eyes becoming more opaque) and causing cataracts.

[Zhills]

I wear dark navy shoes with black pants.  Much softer than black shoes.  Some black ones are REALLY black.

[KarenQVC]

Since I was about 50 I have had to put N and B in the inside tags in my pants.

[JustJazzmom]

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@KarenQVC wrote:

Since I was about 50 I have had to put N and B in the inside tags in my pants.

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N should suffice because B could stand for blue, black or brown! 

[qbetzforreal]

I have a pair of shoes that I have worn several times that I'm still not sure if they are blue or black.  lol  Got them from a discount shoe store, not sure if they were in the right box.

[LdyBugz]

There's nothing wrong with wearing a black shirt with navy pants.  Wearing one black shoe and one navy shoe however as I have done is not a good look!   

[jlkz]

@Miranda1550

Blue / Black:  with age, it's hard to tell the difference even in direct sunlight.  This is because a cataract is filtering out part of the blue and it translates to black.

In addition to writing in an " N " or B for navy or blue, I have white clamp hangars that I use.  For slacks and skirts that are black, I use black clamp hangars.  Saves time and confusion.

OTHERS: I once bought a gorgeous silk scarf that was olive green in the store.  When I got to the office, I looked brown under the fluorescent lights.  Crazy- making.

For DH who is 90% colorblind:  I mark his shirts and ties with simple, agreed to names of color.  The worst argument we ever had was when I wrote maize or straw instead of light yellow on one shirt.  Before this marking effort, when I would call his office, his secretary would ask me if a knew what he had on that day.  I knew it had to be a really bad color combination !!!