Very beautiful rug. I purchased Aqua color and as you can see the primary colors of this rug are pale sky blue, bright navy, white and light grey however its not screaming bright colors when you look at it as a whole - the effect is beautiful pale blues and whites .. bright navy is barely visible in the pile. Its not too dark and not too washed out - you can clearly still see a good pattern on 7.6 by 9.6 rug size I purchased. It came wrapped a little too tightly so just unwrapped it a few hours ago and trying to get the ripples off. I think it needs to absorb some moisture to even out as it came very very dry if that makes sense. So give it some humid conditions and it will be hopefully perfect in a week or so. Love it!