color|
title | Navy|textcolor |
is an especially dark shade of the
color blue. Some people mistake navy blue for
black, especially when concerning clothing, most notably the navy blue
pinstripes of the
New York Yankees home uniform. Navy blue got its name from the dark blue (contrasted with white) worn by officers in the
Royal Navy since 1748 and subsequently adopted by other navies around the world. In the
US Navy and the
Canadian Navy, many uniforms which are called "blue" (e.g. Working Blues and Service Dress Blues) Canada (uniforms 1, 1A, 2B, 3, 3A, 3B (winter), 3C) are such a dark shade that they appear black (see
Uniforms of the United States Navy), especially under artificial lighting.