Definitely colourful. Not liking the mustard yellow sections but will buy ribbon to sew over. Good weight. Would prefer more width and less length but definitely a better choice than most undersized quilt measurements. Could consider laying it so the longer length lays sideways but the stripes would then go top to bottom, opposite to the shams. I think it has very good quality but have not washed it to see how it stands up. A lot of manufactured products come with not enough material in the seams allowing for easy fraying.