Here's a problem that I found I have with my darling husband....

LOL i find this to be true even when you give them a sample of it to take with them. I learned my lesson long ago. They can't even take a sample of fabric & get a thread to match it. Mine refused to ask the sales clerk to help him./LIllian

I love some of the answers! I don't have that problem as I don't ask him to as like most men burgundy is red, lime green is green, etc. But he does try (he likes to go with me - or should I say take me)!

Just ONE?
Boy are you lucky.
annie in the uk

LOL! Yep, it's true. must be in the male gene!!

Good one! i didn't know how lucky I was, until I read about everyone's DH's. My hubby can differentiate between colors. I have him trained well, LOL!

We went to buy a new sitting room rug. HE chose brown to go with the brown sofa but I bought burgandy to go with the burgandy sofa! All our men friends see it as brown, all out lady friends see it as burgandy. *

I would never send my DH to get thread for me, what a disaster that would be. Most often when he shops he gets the wrong size of clothes for himself, he does not have a 32" waist anymore. But I married him for love not his color choices or lack there of. LOL
Cindy B

That is sooooo funny, but truth is that many men ARE colour blind and don't even know it until they are tested for it. :-0
Ray just repainted the laundry (without me there to choose the colour) it was supposed to be a soft pastel lemon and very pale grey.
From what he told me it sounds like he painted it the Sunflower on your chart and some kind of battleship grey.

Guess who had to buy more paint and start again? LOL!!!!

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by joann13100 18 Jan 2012

Ohhh---that's a very tricky color combination, yellow and grey. That's a task a man should NEVER undertake, picking a yellow and grey color scheme.

by read180 18 Jan 2012

My 2 sons are color deficient meaning they can't tell shades of colors. Color blindness or deficiency, is passed from mother to son, but the mother is not color blind. Information from my eye doc.
Cindy B.

Alot of men are color blind. Your lucky if he gets that close. :)

Awww, don't men know all greens go together? Just like in nature, all those shades of green go together. The more shades of green, the better.

I'm one of the lucky ones - my husband worked in a haberdashery (men's retail, suits, ties, etc.) while going to college and the first time he talked to me about green being tough to match as some have yellow hues, others blue.... I about fell out of my chair. Now? He'll do a better job with colors than I will. My projects are much improved since I can bounce a look by him. If I need a nice dress? I drag his happy butt with me!

This is so funny, thanks

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Since I fall under the men's side of the color chart, lol! Can anyone tell me where I can find a color chart for embroidery threads that I can download or purchase? I have been looking ever since I started embroidering with my machine 2 years ago. I get the strangest names to come up on my machine and all I can do is go WHAT?!?!? Some are self explanatory such as tangerine, but some are One's I've never heard of before. I have to try to find a picture of what I am doing to figure out where I'm at and what color I'm working on. Another thing my machine does is call gold pumpkin, and grey olive, and other weird things like that. Fun, Fun, lol!

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by cherylgauteng 19 Jan 2012

If you only use one brand of cotton eg. Sulky, Marathon, etc. then google their website most of them do have colourcharts online and some even sell their colourcharts (ones with the actual cotton wound around next to the name. My Bernina agent gave me one when I bought my Bernina 830 (Marathon) but I know that they sell them too, just ask if they can help !

by cherylgauteng 19 Jan 2012

when I bought my Bernina 830 but I know that he sells them also. I will look and see id I can find some for you and post the links.

by sewfrenzie 19 Jan 2012

Thank you! I appreciate it. I've tried to look them up on line and find the numbers but no color names next to the colors. :(

by jrob 19 Jan 2012

sewfrenzie, I always see a Sulky thread color chart near the Sulky thread displays. What thread brand do you prefer and I'll see if I can find a chart online.

If you ever want a laugh come and check things out, always can fine something to giggle about. Personally I buy my own yarn thread and fabric. Men in general DON'T have a clue!!!! Thanks for sharing and thanks for the giggles.
Hugs and flowers

Jerrilyn, I never had that problem... He would just tell me that if I wanted it to go get it myself. His second wife did not have that problem either..she did not sew, do crafts or anything else that I knew of. Of course, she cooked , washed dishes and kept a spotless house because she did nothing to mess it up. Hey, I had a life and alot of fun as soon as the husband was gone! My son was 11 before he knew what it was to do much of anything that did not include school! I did let him get involved in sports when he asked but it was a hassel with his Dad around. I grew up playng all kinds of sports and I made sure my son did also! I caused alot of waves about that. At least our son acts nothing like his Dad did!

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by mariahail 18 Jan 2012

wAS HIS NAME rICHAR BY THE WAY? MINE DID THE SAME!!!!

by mariahail 18 Jan 2012

Darn am I going crazy or what? just the c-nile virus....I was asking if his name was Richard, because mine did the same...and it is also gone...

The Army told my husband that he is color blind so I would never, ever send him. lol He gravitates to blues and browns and greens he can't define well between them.

Oh this would be awful for me to ask my husband, he is colorblind and sees greens as browns and blues as blacks.

if i am desperate i ring the store tell them what i want and ask them if they can have it ready for d/h to collect otherwise he would end up at Bunnings (a local hardware s/store) and come home and say hey could not find it........lol....soozie

my husband and I have an agreement: I won't go buy blades for the mower and he won't go buy (or touch, or select, or try to fix) anything that has to do with my sewing machine/embroidery. Works well for us--saves lots of harsh words

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by lflanders 18 Jan 2012

You go gal!

You are too funny! Reminds me of the time my sweetie's son painted his living room a Andy Warhol tomato soup colored red and asked me to to help him buy some red Velvet to be used as swags over sheer draperies for his window. He kept looking at cranberry wine colored velvet and I finally told him that I did not think it would work. And he said "Why not it's red"? I just said to buy what he wanted. He only wanted me to help because I could get a 20% discount.

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I love this, so thanks for posting

lol :):)MEN???

I think it is a nice problem to have - mine won't go shopping for me. Luckily I love to shop and he allows me too (I use his purse you see) so I don't complain at all.

I totally agree that men see colors different than we do. Mine always says there just can not be that many different colors of thread!!! LOL. Hugs, Mary

I know that feeling. and like I wrote , my Hb is colorblind. he sees brown when it's green and red is difficult too.so I don't ask him about colors anymore.

I have been married 28 years and DH still comes to see me and asks "do these two match" when he dresses. Last time I answered "did it match when you wore it lask week"
LOL
Thanks for the giggle,
Hugs
Michelle

Good one!

I never ask mine to go for thread, because he will come back with what HE thinks(!!!!) I need. ***

There are lots of painters, (clothes) designer, hatmakers who have an excellent colour sense, but I'm not married to one of them, but to an ignoramus as far as colour is concerned!

Jerrilyn, I have three sons, and I have found they are just like their Dad, especially when it comes to color!! Hugs, Laura*

Sorry we miss our connection Jerrilyn - we tried, was really looking forward to meeting you... maybe next year....Hugs Glenda x0x0x0

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by jrob 18 Jan 2012

Glenda, I am soooooo sorry. I thought
you meant that you were coming through on Saturday and I carried my phone around all day, then on Sunday I left it in my bedroom and didn't hear it ring!

by katydid 18 Jan 2012

If Glenda had come through Georgia using I85, she would have been on my side of the state. Lillian B's great grandson lives 30 min up the road from me. Next time she comes up, I am going to flag her down. Kay

by sqdancer 19 Jan 2012

We come down I75 from Detroit and go back 95 and then up to Erie - since we are Canucks we cross over to Canada at Niagara/Buffalo going home...sure wish we could meet up with some of you ... right now my sister and I are at her Condo in Bradenton, I will be here until the 14th Feb then go back to Montreal and come back down 3 April as we have a Western Caribbean Cruise planned leaving frm Ft Lauderdale 14th Apr to 21st, we then will start to drive back to Canada April 14th..
Glenda

This is SO true! Men have this limited knowledge of color variations, so the color chart shown is accurate!! LOL
Angel

This is so true.

Unless it is black or white, you and I are taking a chance to send hubby to the fabric store. LLDS!

So true. I oil paint and if I say that red has blue in it or whatever the color may be, my husband looks at me like where do you see blue in red. It is really a fun game to play with him. Hugs, Judy

I don't have this problem. If I need some thread and he wnt to fetch it, and he could not found the right thread , he make the lady to phone me and ask if I will take something else. CLEVER. Hugs Marie

We have a slightly different view of colors....I learned NOT to send him to pick up thread for me.;)

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by jacquipaul 18 Jan 2012

Thank you; it's too funny, but true in my case, also.
*4u!
Hugs,
Jacqueline †

by bumblebee 18 Jan 2012

LOL

by ansalu 18 Jan 2012

So true :o)

by mops 18 Jan 2012

Mine's colourblind for red and green. And he's a filatelist. Colours and their names are a hot item here. :)

by gerryvb 18 Jan 2012

Martine, mine is colorblind too! yes the red, green and brown seem to be the problem.

by sewfrenzie 18 Jan 2012

I fall into the mens side of the color spectrum, but am trying really hard to learn the other side, lol! My husband can tell me the womans side anytime, must be becaUse he paints cars, lol!

by sewmom 18 Jan 2012

My adult son just tried to leave the house in black pants and a dark blue shirt. I think I need to garanimal his work clothes. LOL

by fannyfurkin 18 Jan 2012

My husband would make a trip to the green grocer or the garden nursery if I asked in to get any of these for me.

by sewdeb 19 Jan 2012

Too funny - green grocery! LOL!!