Colors are beautiful. I have a mix of cool grays but also have rich deep brown, slate blue and sage green in my eclectic living room. This rug has all of these colors and provides the balance I needed to pull it all together. This rug has taupe as well as gray accents with true brown outlines throughout. The cream border gives a lovely contrast to the slate blue inner background - which also is striated with a lighter blue green thread. (Think of highlighted hair!) I lucked out and my media cabinet is the exact shade of this soft greenish gray color in the rug. I couldn't be happier with the colors! Being wool it sheds but I expect that to eventually stop. This rug is also soft and plush. I have a new puppy and we are on the floor a lot so it was also important that the rug be comfortable to sit on. I also use a rug pad which I find prolongs the life of the rug and adds additional comfort.