I love the sheen of this rug. It’s very thin (.5 in total thickness when I measured) so I will be using a rug pad. The colors vary in the rug depending on which way the fibers go. One way the fibers are silver and pearlescent cream and the other way the fibers are ivory and charcoal. There are a lot of creases in the rug from delivery, but I’m hopeful they will go away with time. Overall, I would purchase again.