Colors are vibrant.  The tuft itself was a little longer than I expected, not like shag but still longer than usual for a rug.  Also it was smooth, best I can describe it. But the smoothness felt weird at first. (Note i have 2 wool area rugs downstairs and my daughter has an area rug from Wayfair that feels like carpet.  So this one just feels different tgan those).   Our cat at first walked around the edge, then very carefully feeling it on her paws.  She sleeps on it now so like me she got used to it.  As far as i can tell it doesn’t leave you covered in rug lint after sitting on which is a plus.  My son (14) loves it so I suppose that’s what matters.  Overall vacuums easily and quality is great though.