The colors are as vibrant in the photo, but I'd love it more if the design came as pictured; I love the two red bands as displayed on the alpaca in the photo, but my rainbow alpaca's colors seem more random; also there are a few bald patches of fur, a definite bald stripe behind the left shoulder and a red blush on the cheeks that isn't seen clearly in the photo. I don't particularly care for the blushing, why are AMUSE's alpacas always blushing? But it's soft and huggable and you don't notice the imperfections too much from a distance.