The colors on this scarf were as pictured but the weave of the silk (or maybe it's not even silk?) is so tight it looks like poly satin and won't hold a tie or wrap at all. This is a problem because it's also just a one-sided pattern, so you have to knit it to only show the good side. You can't just show the other side, because it's not just a different color, it's the obviously ugly side of the one-sided fabric. They make him look good and he just snakes out of the knot. I give up. Overall a disappointment and unacceptable.