The color is really nice. It looks somewhat gray in the picture but it really is a nice lilac to cream gradient. It came rolled up and it seems to have flattened out well after a day of placing boxes on top of it. It is a bit thinner than I expected for the price but I've bought a felt rug pad to go underneath it. Unfortunately, it looks like a stitch of the black backing was pushed a little too far forward which left this black thread exposed in the middle of the cream area. I'll see if I can cut it out without leaving a hole between threads.