I purchased three of these rugs!  One is oval, the other two are oblong to go along side my bed. The color is muted, these look just exactly as pictured. Word of warning, I had a hard time getting them to lay flat on my existing short looped berber carpet. I tried using a hair dryer to heat the fibers thinking it might lay flat quicker. All I ended up doing was melting the fiber, don't try this trick. I ended up using carpet tape, they all layed down perfectly using the tape.