I was looking for something with lighter colors of beige and gray that would lighten up the room against the darker furniture. This set does that, however it definitely could use a punch of color in some darker euro shams, another deeper color throw pillow, or bed skirt. The only problem I had was that the king shams are bigger than the current king sham pillow I own, so will have to search for something larger to plump them up. Will also look much nicer once I have a chance to steam the wrinkles out and lift the chenille trim that is smashed down and adds slme character. All in all seems to be a nice comforter set and met my expectations.