All of the colors in this rug are much darker than they appear in the picture.  I would have preferred it be as light as shown, but it is growing on me.  It is pretty, just darker than            I wanted.  I am keeping it as returning it would be much to difficult and expensive with the weight of it.  It is difficult to judge based on the photos which are not very accurate.  My monitor is calibrated for correct color as I do a lot of photoshop on it, so the problem is not with my monitor but with the lighting used when taking photos of the rugs.  I have found this with all of the rugs I have ordered.  They are different than shown which can happen with the natural woven rugs, but should not happen with wool as each should be identical.  Like I said, it is pretty, just not the same color or tone as shown.