LOVE this rug!  I purchased the stone color, 8' x 10' to go in my living room on the hardwood floor.  It looks very expensive and like an antique.  As others have mentioned, it is thin so get a rug pad.  However, genuine silk carpets ARE thin so it adds to the effect.  It is a little bit shiny too, just like silk.  It looks way more expensive than it is.  The colors look the same as they do on my screen, it's very light beige with varying brown to spots of black design.  Everybody that comes in has complimented me on the rug.  Very good purchase!