I was a bit disappointed being that the color of the gray sheets in the ad was much lighter than the ones I received. In the ad they come across as light gray which lets the other colors in the design show more vivid. The ones I received are actually a medium to darker gray, much darker and the other colors do not show as vivid. They also had a very pungent odor which I assume is from the printing ink- after washing they were fine. The sheet set itself washed as expected and is soft and I can live with the darker color. The size  fitted just right on the Queen mattress.