Gorgeous color and soft comforter! I've been looking for a new bed set, and spent a long time looking before finally deciding on this, but with reservations. That said, going to answer the questions I had about this set before I bought it but decided to take the chance and buy anyway. First thing, the picture looks somewhat velvety, somewhat soft and shiny texture. I wasn't sure when I bought it of what the material would be like, whether it would be velvet like or just soft and shiny. Well, it is velvety and not shiny. Very soft. I'm typically not a "velvet" person, as lint and all kinds of stuff gets stuck up in it. So far though, I love this comforter and no problems with that. The reverse side of the comforter is maybe microfiber, a sheet like material. Second question I had before buying, the length of the comforter on all sides of the bed: I have a king. I wanted something where I would not need a bed skirt. This is long on all sides and so you need no bed skirt. It comes to the floor at the end of the bed, and on the sides, it comes to about 3 inches from the floor. It's very big and should sufficiently cover your bed all the way to the floor. Third question I had: The color on the advert was called scuba blue. For me, I'm trying to make my bedroom as much like a tropical beach as possible and also bought a wall decal to put above my bed of a huge picture of a caribbean beach/ocean. The way the color looks in the picture of this product, is very beautiful, but doesn't really seem like turquoise, but a more vibrant caribbean blue (think of what the ocean in Cancun looks like). The actual comforter compared to the picture, not as vibrant but a bit of a lighter color, and basically, just like regular turquoise or teal. Not to dissuade from buying, as it's still very beautiful and very ocean like, but the color is not quite as vibrant as in the picture. All in all, love this bed set!
