The colors are pretty true to the pictures, except it has a more grey than cream base which darkended the room a bit, but will help to not show stains and wear as easily (we have a one year old). It's softer than I expected and I think it will hold up in our high traffic living room better than our last rug. The only issue I've had so far was the shipping. It was supposed to ship in 48 hrs--but it didn't go out for 5 days.