While I like the rug quite a lot, it looks completely different from certain angles.  Standing in one place in the room it looks very dark, almost black and then in another is looks light gray.  At first I was very disappointed because I did not want a black rug, but since the room is small I simply placed it in a way that you would see the light in the rug when entering the room.  It would have been nice to know this before purchasing though.