I perceived the blouse color to be vibrant! It was not. The pattern is printed on the fabric. I've learned, sadly, that is the way garments are made when I've purchased from China on the Internet; this was made in Turkey. If you like MUTED colors - You'll be happy with this blouse. I ordered the US size SMALL as I have a 37" bust; the sleeve length was just to the end of my wrist. The length is tunic style. The blouse was assembled correctly, the seams matched. There are no fitting darts. Sadly, the button holes were only stitched once - that makes for a fragile hole that can soon break the single thread and you end up with a slit for a button hole. You could do a whip stitched over them all - but who wants to?? This experience of printed-on patterns being repeated numerous times is what will force me, regrettably, to go to box stores to shop - where most of the styles are for twenty-somethings or younger.