I was looking for a soft rug with red accents and I got 1-out-of-2 with this one. Even though I read the reviews saying this rug wasn't red, I seemed to have hoped that it was simply a flaw in manufacturing that made theirs off-color and that mine would have red in it as the pictures showed. Silly me. It definitely is not red; instead it has tones of fuchsia, pink and blue. Despite that, it's still gorgeous and I love it. It's a slightly faded look, so not too overwhelming, but just the right splash of color. It's also incredibly soft, especially with a rug pad underneath (Safavieh Ultra Non-slip). And in the end, it doesn't really clash with the red items in the room that I needed it to complement.