I think we will go on the record to say that empires are drop dead gorgeous!! We rarely pass up the chance to buy one. The curves, the farmhouse feel, just everything about them is fantastic and they always offer the perfect chance to try fun colors. For this one, we went a bit more neutral with a rich navy. We are loving it!!! We recently had completed a custom order for a client in this same color. She wanted a deep navy so we custom mixed one of our favorite navy shades from General Finishes - coastal blue, with some black to take a navy that leaned blue to a navy that leans black. Very rich indeed!! We used about 2/3 blue to 1/3 black and I think the result was a "Sophisticated Na