This is a really unique rug. I wasn't sure if we'd like it, but once we saw it in our room, it looks great and really compliments our furniture and paint color. We rolled it out when it was dark out, so while the rug is described as gray, it actually looks more brown to me, but that could be because of the lighting in our room at the time. Looking forward to seeing it in natural sunlight. We did buy a felt rug pad for underneath - it definitely needs it.