The color in this rug is beautiful - It's a bluish gray (more blue than gray). It does shed a little bit, but not as bad as other reviewers have said. I mean it's wool so you have to expect the shedding. I have other wool rugs in my house and this one doesn't shed any more than my others. I do agree with another reviewer - my rug isn't perfectly rectangular, but unless you're looking for it, you don't see it. So it's not that big of a deal to me.