The rug is great. A real good buy for the money and the color is exactly as shown. Too bad that the plastic wrapping covering the rug was torn in two places and dirty black marks were on the rug where it was torn. One spot wasn't too bad and I was able to get most of the mark out with a damp cloth, but the other one was deeper into the pile of the rug and you can still see the spot. Luckily I was able to put that corner of the rug under a chair and it's not too noticeable. Maybe a little better packaging is needed here or more careful handling.