I really love this rug! I got this rug for my living room so that my infant son wouldn’t be crawling on the hardwood floor. The rug is very thin, so you definitely want a rug pad. I got a 0.25” thick rug pad, because I wanted the rug to lay flat. I think a 0.5” rug pad would have worked better to make the rug have more cushion, but I’m still happy with it. The colors are as pictured.