I concur with a  previous reviewer who wrote that the color is much darker than online. I would call it a brown, albeit on the lighter end of the brown scale. But it's certainly not a beige, tan or natural like most other jute rugs. The weave is imperfect, chunky and loose in places and tight and smooth in others, with lots of loose thread throughout. The edges of the circle also have imperfections. It's not worth returning for the cost of return shipping, but I would not buy it again.