The color was just like the pictures, very soft material, and easy to put together… I put it together myself probably would of taken little over an hour start to finish but I was watching tv and taking my time.. arrived in 2 VERY LARGE boxes, sits up quite high when fully assembled, I purchased the king size, but I’m also on the shorter side, but none the less the hubby loves it and I can’t keep my little kiddos out of it… **what I will say that I am highly upset about is this is my brand new house, that I got the in room delivery and the delivery guys had something on their shoes and in multiple spots on the stairs and in my room they had black stains on my carpet that I noticed after they left! This definitely would of been a 5 star review other than that… so if yal choose the in room delivery make sure they put booties on or take their shoes off!!**