The color of these chairs is not as described. I would say the background is distinctly beige and the 'black' swirls are almost more brown. Our house colors lean towards cool (gray, black, white) and I would definitely not have ordered these if I knew how beige/brown they really are. We only put one together, before deciding to return it. Assembly was easy enough, but a leg was wobbly and there is no built-in adjuster on these.