I don't know why out of all the colors on this rug they decided to advertise it as aqua/pink, because that implies it'll be more pastel. It's definitely a darker, more solidly rainbow palette to me. I guess this rug is unique because you don't know what your dominant color will be, but mine has a lot of that darker green/grey standing out on it. It is soft, the fringe is cute, and the saturated yellow on it matches a wall of mine perfectly so I'm fine with it as my room is supposed to be a color mish-mash anyway. I guess anyone shopping for this rug would hope to have one color match a piece of their room and be fine with the rest.