Beautiful rug, very elegant feel with the embossed areas.  Not a heavy rug and you will want a pad if in a traffic area.  This one was for the bedroom, with most of it under the bed, so I didn't order the pad.  Looks lovely and liked it so much I ordered the runner for our hall.  I would say the color on the website is very close, although the darkest parts of the rug may be a shade darker than pictured.  Very happy with my purchase!