the color is not navy - it is definitely teal.  It is a good thing that was not an issue for us. We would have had extreme difficultly once the mattress exploded to full size when unwrapped.  The directions were challenging to follow even with the on line video.  Once it got here, got assembled, and mattress in place (major hassle) it looked good and our first guest to sleep on the open futon said it was comfortable