I got this to replace an area rug that had seen better days.  I wanted something a little brighter, but it also had to pick up the colors in the slate floor which are blues, greys, and browns.

This rug did that.  The ONLY thing I did not expect was that what appears to be cream or light tan in the rug is actually white.  It has more white in it than I would have liked - only because my floors are on the dark side and the white in the rug against that is rather stark.  BUT, with 3 dogs I'm sure the white will become cream pretty fast