The blue Burglind low profile platform bed comes significantly darker than the images entail, as well as the metallic section which is more yellowy mustard than a gold. In the yellowy mustard color it does slightly shimmer (it looks like fine glitter in the paint) Other than that, it’s a great bed and does what a beds suppose to do, which kept me from giving this 1 star. But, I (just like many on this site) bought this bed for its look and was heavily disappointed.