I was pleasantly surprised by how much I like this headboard. The whitewash color  of this headboard looks  like a light khaki grey color. I tried to take a picture close up so the color could be seen. I ordered this for my son’s bedroom at his college apartment. I may order for guest bedroom. It was very easy to put the headboard together. The only negative was no hardware is included so we had to find screws to attach to bed rails.