
Originally Posted by
fluter
The effect you observed on your computer screen may even have to do with the way(s) the samples were scanned for the Web site, and the qualities of the different yarns in some particular kind of light. We don't know, and we can't know. I have certainly seen black fabric that looks green in certain situations (old jackets, for instance).
Scooby's mom used to make formal wear for an opera company. She discovered that in the early twentieth century, with the introduction of incandescent light, many makers went to midnight blue for formal jackets because it still appeared black under artificial lighting conditions.
Bob
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