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blue) |This box shows the color navy blue.| Navy blue or navy is
a dark shade of the color blue. Some people mistake navy blue
for black because some navies (such as the United States Navy)
use a shade of navy blue that is so dark it is practically
black. - Navy blue represents sailors and also represents the
navy of a nation. Navy blue also represents the sport of
yachting. - Since 1748, British Royal Navy uniforms have been
white and navy blue. Other navies also adopted these uniform
colors. This is where the color got its name. - Navy blue is the
most popular color for a jacket known as a blazer (which also
has brass buttons) which is often worn on special or formal
occasions. Navy blue colored blazers are also often worn by
people who are employed in customer service positions that serve
the public from behind a desk, such as hotel concierges. - Navy
uniforms colored a color called Regimental (now called Persian
Indigo), made by dyeing cloth with