This is a great looking tie and the picture does not do it full justice. I don't know about you, but I feel that in the pictures the colors, especially of the main stripes, look a little plasticky (for lack of a better word) in some pictures and too bright/washed out in others (the third picture for instance, which is probably a case of over exposure during the picture taking); however, in reality, the colors are amazing, very defined and sharp and... real (vs plasticky). This is definitely a nice tie and it looks better in reality than in the pictures.