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: People can easily mistake the dark navy blue on
: the Seamaster dial for black or gray. This
: is because the dial is *not* a solid color.
: It is a wave pattern made of a very dark
: blue and a gray-blue. So the dial does have
: a gray tone in it.

: That's part of the sophistication of Omega
: watches--they use very clever and subtile
: highlighting and color techniques to keep
: their dials from looking dull or flat.

: Also, dark blue shades are harder than most
: colors for people to discern because the
: human eye has a relatively lower density of
: blue cones (color receptors) in the optical
: center of the eye. Dark blues are inherently
: harder photograph and reproduce, since they
: are lower energy wavelengths -- and become
: hard to differentiate from other dark colors
: like gray or black.

: So this effect causes the colro of the dial to
: appear different to different people and
: when viewed or photographed under different
: lighting and angles.

thanks for the info.I recently purchase the 007 Limited Edition (1007)SMP from the dealer.I guess,I get the paronoia on checking on all sites that I get so "color blind"(lol).More power to your very informative Omega site. erwin