I love the pattern and colors of this rug! My husband didn't care for the lack of symmetry of the 5x8 at first (he's an Engineer), but once we placed it in the room with furniture, it grew on him. I haven't noticed any shedding with mine. The colors seem pretty true to life to me, but everyone has different monitor settings. I compared the price of this rug in several stores at the time I purchased and Great Offer Stock had the lowest price by far!