OK, I'm a guy, I can remember about 16 colors in my head when I shop (but interestingly, I know 64 compass directions). But at least when I'm looking at them in a store, I can tell slight differences. So there I was deciding to get a new bath towel to (sort of) fit with the shower curtain with bright colors and the green floor mat. I thought a generally olive color would look OK. I selected one a computer color chart says is "dark moss green". I got it home and hung it on the towel rack. It looks gray with a hint of blue! I can't even FIND that on the computer color chart (well computer monitors are limited).
I also wanted some deep green casual button shirts and found one that was definitely green but pretty dark, but I thought it would do. At home? It looks charcoal! Maybe it will look OK outside in sunlight...
One of my first post-college jobs was as Manager of a department store shoe department. One aisle was of ladies fashion shoes. I ALWAYS used to insist that they bring the shoes they chose to the front of the store to see the real color in daylight. I would have done that myself today, except the Menswear Dept of the Target store is about 1/4 mile away from the front of the store, and it was raining anyway.
I should know better. Men buy things one at a time and hope they match. A mat here, a curtain there, when some item needs to be replaced, etc. Women buy "outfits" or "rooms". Someday, I will learn to do that.
But for now, I am cursed with bluish-gray towels that SHOULD look moss green. Well, the cats don't mind. Maybe I will buy real-daylight bulbs to put all over the house.
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Had to smile...and yep, there may be something to we ladies buying in groups. They DO match.
As you said, the cats don't mind. :-)
Funny - Even we ladies have been guilty of that. Depending on the light, colors can look so different. If I'm trying to match clothes, I'll actually take a piece of that clothing with me to the store. With mats, etc., it's a little harder to do.. Thank goodness, most stores have a good return policy - otherwise keep it. The cats won't mind a bit. he he
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