Unfortunately this rug did not come with a bright, clear, light ivory center like in the photo. I would describe it instead as very muddy looking and it even had a lot of black patches of material that literally looked dirty.  I was going to send it back but it didn't seem worth the effort since I got a tiny one.  I understand natural material can vary in tone, but this really looked like no one paid attention to the material used for production.  Very disappointing.