This rug is beautiful! My  kids love it! It is soft to walk on and the color is a royal blue as shown.  Looks perfect in my room with silver grey sofas and a coastal theme.  My husband noticed it even looks like there are anchors in the pattern!  The white part does shed but I've had other wool rugs that also shed.  We love it! And the price was far below other wool rugs I've purchased.  The pattern on the back side of it was so different and it had a different name on the label so my husband almost sent it back without opening it because he thought we received the wrong one.  Glad I opened it to make sure!