This area rug is soft and comfortable, especially with a pad underneath. My main issue is that the colors (** the reason I ordered the carpet in the first place **) seem EXTREMELY faded compared to other customer pics. One "darker" end of the carpet has some navy blue tones. Otherwise, much of the colors/tones disappear by mid/center carpet making the opposite end mainly light whites/cremes, silver/grey, with slight scattering of faint orange/rust. It would be nice to know if this is an actual issue, or if we should expect hit/miss with colors depth due to manufacturing process...?