Bought these pillows in both green and light blue. Both colors are true to the pictures.  The green is more apple than avacado just as expected. The light blue treads the line between light blue and aqua/turquoise, which is how the picture came across on my tablet screen. If you ruffle the chenille you can see the cover fabric between the threads, but the color match is perfect and the plush doesn't look sparse at all when the pillows are in place on furniture. They may not hold up real well if you have young kids though. Each of the chenille threads is sort of a twisted loop, and my kids like to move pillows around. They must be grabbing them by the chenille, and they managed to pop one end of the loop on several of the threads (without pulling the whole loop off), so there are some long shaggies on each pillow.  Overall I really like these pillows.