The colors are  perfect and the quality of the rug is quite nice.  The rug appears to be very well made and  the backing looks very sturdy.  The edges are perfectly finished but the rug is shedding quite a bit now.  I suspect that is because it's new. I'm hoping that after a few vacuums it will stop. The rug arrived in a timely fashion.   It came  packaged in plastic. So far I'm very pleased.