Good quality, rich colour, though I must note that the colour (as any grey colour I admit!) is dramatically changing depending on the light, surrounding furniture and floor. In our case it has a brownish hue from the floor if there is little light from outside. I would recommend the pad underneath, if you have high traffic, or playing kids or dogs. Delivery was on the 10th day, as scheduled. The rug had a light smell on the first day but disappeared quickly.