was worried color monarch blue would have too greenish tones and we wanted something close to navy.  it is indeed very dark blue so it was perfect--- Also  it accommodated the plumbing that came out of the wall on the side. Because of the cabinet space we were able to take out the one horizontal shelf and cut it in half to make it a a more  narrow vertical shelf on the right hand side .  The dark blue color with the gold handles is fabulous