Not sure why 1 pic looks blue and the other more gray. The color is beautiful, my husband liked it. Seems pretty stiff, but I’ve only had it for 2 days lol so needs breaking in. Took my husband about 1.5hours to assemble, so not too bad. The only thing that i did not like hence the 4 stars instead of 5 was that I didn’t like the connection from the chase to the sofa. It only came with 2 small hooks to connect them together, so they tend to move individually the chase and the sofa When you site on them too harsh, hope that makes sense.