I normally don’t write reviews but all of these were so helpful in making my choice. This bed is exactly as it looks in the pictures people have posted, probably even better in person. It looks light gray with certain lighting like during the day and a bit darker at night. It is very soft and looks very luxurious. I wanted to keep it low profile like in the picture so I did not purchase a box spring, I purchased some ply wood instead and abs love it !