Stagiare fash: it kind of is mind-blowing to me! It’s a colour but it’s also a nuetral? Whaaaat? How fantastic and useful.
I always thought navy only really went with white or yellow for some reason. You mostly see it paired with white to be honest, and then it does get a sailor suit look…. navy is weirdly under-utilized where I live. People seem to go for black or denim jeans much more often. Navy pants are rarely seen here!

Love all these ideas. I've just recently purchased a couple of navy items and have been unsure what colors they will work with. Tan pants were an obvious combo but I'm going to try some of the other suggestions. Having some trouble imagining navy and black but I suppose it depends on the shade of navy. Thanks for all the color ideas!

I tried to replace black with navy, but there are too many shades of navy that clash with each other. I counted about 15 different shades of navy in the newest LL Bean catalogue. At Lands End deep sea navy clashes with their other main shade.

Joy, whidbeygirl: yes sometimes different shades of blue can definitely clash to my eye, but other blues go really well together so it can be worth experimenting (carefully;) ). But navy and tan or cream seems like a very safe fallback.
I don’t personally love navy and black,
It’s ok, but it just doesn’t seem to allow either the black or navy to really shine to their fullest.
Here is a way I wore navy with another shade of blue recently. I thought it worked well, to my eyes at least it wasn’t a clash. Navy and bright turquoise I guess you could call it. It’s a combo I would do again.