The rug is much darker than it appears online (I looked at the rug on many different monitors). There are a lot more dark, almost black, spots than I was expecting. The pictures I attached were taken in full sunlight, one with lights on in the room and the other pic with just natural sunlight coming in. At night when only the lights in the room are on and no sunlight is coming in it looks VERY dark toned. It gives my room a much darker color scheme thanI was expecting, but it is still acttractive. The pile is soft, but very very thin so you will need to use a good thick rug pad under it.