I haven't had the opportunity to unpack this yet, but from what it looks like in the package it is beautiful.  I wasn't expecting it to be full on black and white.  Other reviews said it was more of a gray color.  I didn't see it as being gray at all.  I won't be able to use this set for a while yet, but based on the other reviews I did order a king size for my queen bed because my queen bed has a very thick mattress and when I measured my current quilt the measurements weren't even as big as the existing one.  So hopefully I made the right choice.