A true lighter gray color, these will hopefully work for my intentions. Some of our main windows are south facing. When the sun is out, the glare makes it difficult to work on the computer; and I'm concerned about fading of flooring,  furniture, and art. So I'm going to use this fabric as a sun shade behind our (white) blinds. (There isn't enough room behind the blinds to use solar roller shades.) Not sure how I'll hang them yet. Perhaps with old fashion, simple, low-profile cafe curtain rods. I gather from other feedback reviews this fabric can be sown. I'm hoping so I can hem it and make casings at the top, maybe at the bottom with a dowel in it to weight it down. At least that's the plan...