This rug is glorious- granted it was a different shade of blue than the picture- which AMOST made me send it back-(not easy) interestingly tho- I had laid it down on a pale rug which I already had and it looked bright light blue which was NOT at all what I wanted. When I took out the light rug and placed it on the wooden floor (golden orangy hue) it immediately 'looked' more the teal blue I had seen- not quite but? good enough and it truly is a beautiful rug. Just sayin- yeah you won't get the perfect color seen but it also depends what the floor color is underneath.