I needed navy colored gloves to match a navy dress hat and shoes. A true navy should be hard to distinquish between black and navy. I tried to order navy dress gloves with 3 different on-line companies. The color swatch on-line appeared to be an actual navy, but when the gloves actually arrived, they were more of a royal blue. That was the case with this purchse as well. Very disappointing that these companies don't seem to be able to distinquish between an actual navy and royal blue. I had to resort to finding a lovely pair of navy gloves in a local vintage shop.