Beautiful rug. Other reviews are right that it looks teal, which is what I wanted. I have this near an entry so it's gotten quite a bit of traffic over a month or so and appears to be holding up OK. It does shed quite a bit at first. And it seems like it wouldn't handle a vacuum with aggressive beater bars - we just use suction only. 

One note - the 8x8 is really 7'6" square. If I'd known, I may have gone up a size.