If your house gets blasted with a ton of light (unlike mine) this rug might look as it does in the photo, however, chances are it will look darker. There are a lot more greens that you can't see in the Great Offer Stock photo, and I'd say that the copper is in the minority of what shows through to the naked eye. Once I got over my attachment to what I thought the rug would look like, I grew to like it. It's great for high traffic areas, my cats sharpen their claws on it without causing damage, it feels decently soft underfoot for being plastic-based, and it's a large rug at a reasonable price.