Pretty, but not great for darkening the room

I was shopping for "blackout curtains" and these came up. Now I see that they are "room darkening" and I wonder if they recently changed the product description. These really don't do much at all to block out light. But they are pretty and have a nice drape. We washed ours when they arrived and let them dry in the sun, and forgot to bring them back in for a couple of days. The color faded significantly. I don't know how long it would take for this fading to happen when hung in sunny windows, but I was surprised by the amount of fading. That said, I still like them because they are very pretty and have a nice weight to them.

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