The red is really pretty! It's like a Ruby color! So it's a very comfortable material, but the wrinkles are the issue. This isn't so much a problem with the duvet cover because the movement tends to release some of those wrinkles with the comforter inside, but the shams are terribly wrinkly and don't look nice decoratively. Lots of other accent pillows needed to distract from that. Overall, I like it!