What color are these pants?

[Herr Kutz]

The website claims they are indigo which I always thought was purplish, but they look like navy blue on my monitor. Can someone with a calibrated monitor please let me know what color these are.

 

[Crono]

Much closer to navy. I don't know how exact a shade indigo is, though, going by google images it's almost as varied as cerulean.

 

[MrSquished]

i always thought indigo was a dark blue. but anyways these look like a dark blue.

 

[BoomerD]

Indigo IS a dark blue...that borders on violet. Brand new "original" denim jeans (particularly Levis) is a pretty close representation of indigo. (old Levi supposedly used a dye made from the indigo plant to color his first blue jeans)

Unfortunately, clothing manufacturers make up names for their clothing colors without any reference to the ACTUAL color being used...because it sounds cool, retro, hip, or.........?

 

[IronWing]

I'm getting spot colors of
21 21 25
32 32 37
14 13 18
...
so a very dark blue with spots with slightly more red than green. The histogram shows the red and green channels very closely matched with blue shifted to the right a bit.

 

[FeuerFrei]

They are black. That's what you get when you photograph them in front of a white wall.

 

[WaTaGuMp]

Blue, monitor calibrated with my Xrite

 

[allisolm]

Some see them as blue/black, some see them as white/gold.

 

[Herr Kutz]

Okay, so I ran into this situation again. This shirt's color is claimed to be "indigo" but it looks like a solid navy. For those without color calibrated monitors, the "indigo" shirt is the one in the bottom right.

 

[snoopy7548]

Okay, so I ran into this situation again. This shirt's color is claimed to be "indigo" but it looks like a solid navy. For those without color calibrated monitors, the "indigo" shirt is the one in the bottom right.

Is this that trick image thing where if you look at it one time the shirt on the left is tan and the right one is navy, but if you look at it another time the shirt on the left is navy and the right one is tan? I bet nobody will agree on this one so you should probably just buy both shirts.

 

[Crono]

Okay, so I ran into this situation again. This shirt's color is claimed to be "indigo" but it looks like a solid navy. For those without color calibrated monitors, the "indigo" shirt is the one in the bottom right.

They aren't matching Pantone or giving a hex based, exact shade for "indigo". If it's blue, it's close enough. If it bothers you that much, do some brick and mortar department store shopping (while they still exist). Or at least buy from a store with easy returns.

 

[Herr Kutz]

They aren't matching Pantone or giving a hex based, exact shade for "indigo". If it's blue, it's close enough. If it bothers you that much, do some brick and mortar department store shopping (while they still exist). Or at least buy from a store with easy returns.

I've tried that bruddah. Can't find what I'm looking for.

 

[Herr Kutz]

Is this that trick image thing where if you look at it one time the shirt on the left is tan and the right one is navy, but if you look at it another time the shirt on the left is navy and the right one is tan? I bet nobody will agree on this one so you should probably just buy both shirts.

They come as a pair, so I would have to buy both.

 

[s0me0nesmind1]

I agree, jet fuel can't melt steel beams.

 

[Herr Kutz]

I agree, jet fuel can't melt steel beams.

 

[Crono]

But you will never get the exact color what you see on the screen, no matter what screen it is or if it's calibrated.

Maybe you will get the exact color if you buy 1000 products.
What you are doing is pissing against the wind.

This. There's no way to tell if the product photo is the *exact* same item they will ship you or whether it was lit properly for the photo (and if it was ideally lit, some shades won't look the same in different lighting environments).

 

[Herr Kutz]

The pants went on sale for $15.99 a pair so I ordered a few. If they are purple I'll just return them.

 

[futurefields]