I wasn't sure if I was going to like them because the material is polypropolene (sp?) but the magnified view looked soft so I chanced it.  I love them.  Just the right color (charcoal).  We just put in a game room in our basement.  Now I'm shopping Wayfair for the walls.  Pictures show our hallway too but ignore the brown carpet as that is getting yanked soon but look beyond and it shows how "carpet-y" the pads are.  They don't slip.