Lovely area rug with a sheen. The rug is definitely more silver than taupe. In fact, when we first unrolled it I saw nothing but off-white and silver. AND lots of wrinkles. After 3 days and seeing rolls of bumps, I decided to follow the advice of a few other customers who used a steam iron to get it to lay flat. Our product of choice was garment steamer. It worked! Pictures of before and after included. I wish the description didn't state the color of taupe, it isn't. Or, it isn't any taupe I've ever seen. Regardless, we love the rug. I'll be pulling in more grays to make it work with our color theme. Let me add that I reached out to Wayfair regarding the bumps and they promptly sent me the manufacturer's suggestions. They did NOT suggest steaming. They suggested using books to weigh down the corners. We had already tried that with no success. Hope this helps.