Love this carpet! It is thick and cozy under foot. Shedding is minimal, and it rolled out flat the day I received it. The look is transitional contemporary and looks more expensive than it is. The light color is cream but still goes with my white dining room. I’ve added a close up photo to show the difference in the cream vs white wall. From a distance the carpet reads mostly light, when you are in the room the black becomes more prominent but not over powering.