I ordered the taupe curtains because I thought they would look fantastic in my living room.  They do look great, but they don't look the same in real life as they do in the pictures.  I thought I was getting a grayish curtain with white geometric shapes on them.  The color name (taupe) is misleading, and their appearance are quite different from the picture.  Even though the color stated they were taupe (implying a more beige tone), they are actually light gray with shiny silver geometric shapes.  The shininess appears white in the evening when it's dark outside and the lights in my living room are on.  During the day, though, the shiny silver shapes appear darker than the gray curtains.  They look wonderful in my living room, but just thought I'd point out that they appear very different in real life.