About the different navies—there may have been a time when matching perfectly was the thing to do, but looking at the color stories we see now, with so many “clusters” of colors (ie pink and orange together, or blues & greens, etc), I think slightly different navies look updated and cool.

It's certainly a more liberating way to look at it!!

Love the bright blue top on you. Colour and style look perfect, and the white pattern beautifully reflects your greying hair.

thank you, The Cat!

Another who likes the bright blue especially. And the floral pants!
As far as going into new colours, it has tended to be a wild-card thing for me. Prime example was my bright green summer sandals. Bought for love of them, did go well with some grey-green pants at the time and an ombré green/white top: but several years later fell in love with a top with the exact same bright green. Perfect! Now I only have the sandals and the top left.
I think I started the bronze love in a similar way, with just one item initially.

JenniNZ, bronze and bright can both go with lots of other colors easily. I know they aren’t technically neutrals, but I don’t think you have to be too careful adding either of those colors to an outfit.