This is a short pile rug. Iove the colors and pattern. My only complaint is that you cannot zoom in on the picture far enough to see that the rug axtuly has a striped pattern. They are very thin, but all of the colors are really two colors. The dark color os brown and navy, not black. The light color is beige and light aqua, not ogg-wbite, and the turpuoise is with tan and navy. See attached close-up. While that was a surprise, I still like it and it worked out for us. But the striping and color variation may not work for everyone!