Wasn't quite sure what a "hyacinth" runner would look like, but when my husband came home the day I put it out and said, "Wow, this is nice!"  I knew I had slammed dunked it!  (he rarely notices anything new I've done, much less comments about it)  Color is beautiful and the shimmer is just right.  I have it on a 57" Mission-style table sitting behind my sofa table with two pale green pressed glass bottles from Spain.  The shimmer in the runner seems to sparkle through the bottles -- nice effect.