Darker and more intense than picture shows. It is up against that puke brown set I dyed and you saw on my shelf. The texture of the fabric is top notch dyer's cloth. Really exquisite. I order another set of 16 half yards in another rainbow gradation. The darks are soooo dark and rich, just a lot of dye was used.

 Very nice patterning. Even darker, almost black in real life.