the color is the true navy not the weird shades, I’ve always worried about this before it got delivered. Bed is quite heavy, def needs 2 men to carry upstairs...Installation costs my husband couple hours at least and he’s been very capable at this. One thing is we only used a 12” mattress and the headboard is ok for us, but you desire for a taller headboard like I did before, this bed won’t work for you.