Hale Navy is most definitely a blue. That said, if you line up a bunch of navy blue shades of paint, Hale Navy will look more comfortable toward the charcoal gray end of the spectrum than it will toward the royal blue side of the scale. That's what makes this color so widely appealing as a paint. People love neutrals, and this paint shade is the best of both worlds: instead of more traditional white, beige, or gray neutral paint colors, hale navy is an actual color color. But its gray streak keeps it from looking too bright, bold, or rainbow-y on the wall.