The 2 towel bales I received were an entirely different shade of blue than pictured on the listing. The towels I received were a much darker shade of blue. They appear to be more like a Royal Blue Traditional colour blue rather than the bright, vibrant Royal Blue shade shown on this listing. Also, the thread used to stitch the towels does not match as it is in a lighter shade of blue.
When I went to take some photos to send to Wayfair I had problems capturing the true colour of the towels with my camera. In the end I discovered you needed to turn off the flash when there is bright daylight otherwise the colour of the towels would come out overexposed and appear a much lighter brighter blue than they appear in physical reality. This was obviously the problem with the website photo, a flash had been used which overexposed the colour, giving a false impression.
I also found out not to take the photos at night under artificial light or the towels would appear more a washed-out dreary grey kind of blue.
In 2 of the photos I am uploading with this review there is the addition of an ordinary, everyday Bic Pen with the pen lid in the bright Royal Blue colour that we are all familiar with. I also included some ponios in Royal Blue traditional colour which I purchased several years ago. The ponios were stated as being in a Royal Blue traditional colour on the online sales ad when I purchased. As you can see the towels are a good match in colour to the ponios. So, these towels are in fact definitely in a Royal Blue traditional colour (which is a much darker shade of blue, closer to Navy Blue) not the bright blue shown on the Wayfair listing for these towels.
In one of the photos I took (and am also uploading with this review) I managed to almost replicate the shade of blue these towels appear to be in on the Wayfair listing. This photo was taken around noon in bright natural daylight with the flash on. I am uploading it to demonstrate just how different lighting conditions can falsely misrepresent the true reality of a colour, as in the case with these towels. I am also including the photos I took at night under artificial light which make the towels appear to be in a washed-out dreary grey kind of blue colour.
