Loved the quality of these rugs! I bought a round for our foyer and a 20ft. runner. They are finished very well. The runner even though it is 20 ft. long lies straight. I had another runner that I paid 5x the cost of this one and it had really bad waves along the edges. It is true that the colors are not what I would call gold. They are ecru, tan, olives, black, and  some burgundy.