These curtains solved a dilemma for me and my husband.  He loves blue and I'm not much of a blue curtain kind of lady....after looking at 100s of curtains with one of us loving and the other vetoing, these came up.  He loved them and I was okay with them and conceded because I couldn't look at another curtain option.  They turned out to be a beautiful subdued blue with a horizontal linen look to them.  They also do a tremendous job of blocking out light and helping with heating/cooling efficiency while still having a great flowing, drape to them.