Color comparison help..

[ProfCharles]

not sure if this goes here. But A quick question to anyone who owns an akubra moonstone and a VS blue Smoke colored hat. How do the two colors compare? Could you provide a sided by side comparison.

Thanks

 

[gtdean48]

Moonstone is way darker than Blue Smoke. Blue Smoke is a very LIGHT blue/grey & Moonstone is a medium grey...
Blue Smoke in sunlight photo...

 

[gtdean48]

I can get a side-by-side photo up over the weekend...Blue Smoke is a pastel like color to me where Moonstone is an earthy medium grey, one of the most versatile shades out there.

 

[Short Balding Guy]

Moonstone is way darker than Blue Smoke. Blue Smoke is a very LIGHT blue/grey & Moonstone is a medium grey...

+1. Blue smoke pic in partial sun below. This pic shows some of the pastel tones coming thru. The jacket I am wearing has a cool blue, grey, black and and warmer browns. The variety of clors should help you see the tones of the felt. Bluesmoke darkens up when worn with a navy blazer and even darker in the shade. I find it versatile.

Best, Eric -

 

[ProfCharles]

Thanks all, basically Art doesn't have a medium grey felt. :-\

 

[Tedquinton]

Thanks all, basically Art doesn't have a medium grey felt. :-\

Isn't granite a medium grey?

 

[TheDane]

Isn't granite a medium grey?

- or steel(?)

 

[gtdean48]

Isn't granite a medium grey?

It is in my book...

 

[TheDane]

- and Art's steel

 

[ProfCharles]

Except granite has a brownish undertone, unsuitable for certain outfits and complexions. In some pictures here, the lighting on the moonstone almost make it look as light as the blue Smoke :-\

 

[Short Balding Guy]

Isn't granite a medium grey?

Yes.

Granite, Silverbelly and dove in this pic.

Eric-

 

[ProfCharles]

- and Art's steel

I'm pretty sure steel is a dark grey with blue undertones

 

[jlee562]

Maybe it's just me, but I don't see a whole lot of brown undertone in Granite. Not Art's hat, but the same Winchester granite felt:

 

[ManofKent]

Jared - looks quite brown toned to me on this monitor at least. It's a great looking hat as well.

 

[jlee562]

Maybe I should get my eyes adjusted! [huh]

 

[ProfCharles]

Granite works better with earthtones. It's not a neutral grey and doesn't have blue. I can see brown undertones, and a winter like myself who wears lots of sharp blue, it's a no no

 

[Rabbit]

Except granite has a brownish undertone, unsuitable for certain outfits and complexions. In some pictures here, the lighting on the moonstone almost make it look as light as the blue Smoke :-\

Granite is indeed a medium grey with brownish undertones.
As you know, one cannot compare pictures from different settings directly. The blue Smoke is definitely several shades lighter than Moonstone.

I'm pretty sure steel is a dark grey with blue undertones

Thanks all, basically Art doesn't have a medium grey felt. :-\

You're right on both counts. I'd say that Blue Smoke and Steel are just about the same distance away from medium grey (like greycard grey) on either side, and both are a bit on the cool side of the spectrum. One noticably darker, the other noticably lighter than medium grey.

This is what Art's Blue Smoke looks like under bright overcast lighting conditions.

The hatband is black.



The hatband on this one is charcoal:



Same hat worn with light grey flannel, pink end-on-end:



Blue Smoke in comparison with granite (right) and Dove (left):

 

[Rabbit]

Granite w/ silver ribbon, Blue Smoke w/ charcoal, Dove w/ charcoal, Silverbelly w/ dark grey and greenish undertones

Sometimes unusual combinations can actually work. Here's a Granite VS against a medium grey chalkstripe flannel, my only grey suit that, surprisingly enough, works successfully with this hat.

 

[ProfCharles]

Thanks for the photos and feedback rabbit. Felt colors are so hard to get a grasp of when all you have are computer photos. The Blue Smoke is a nice color, but I'm a bit surprised that Art doesn't offer a medium neutral gray.
I've also noticed that the ribbon color is just as important as the felt color, since it lends or takes away from the felt color.
This will only make my conversation with Art regarding my custom all the more difficult. :/

 

[TheDane]

I'm pretty sure steel is a dark grey with blue undertones

Arhhhhm ... yes ... and? Every grey that is not pure grey is a grey with certain undertones. Steel is a medium grey - and it's undertones are blueish. Pure/neutral grey is almost never happening in hats

Names of hat colors are most often just names - picked out of the blue (pun not intended). Very often colors are named by hatters who have no formal training in colors or their names at all. One of my very good friends is a painter - who was originally a trained pharmacist (they know quite a lot about metal oxides and colors/color-name-origins). She very often laughs loudly of our hat-color-names. If a name sells, it's the right name for a hat color ... it's actually that complicated