When I looked at the picture I thought they were pure black. The picture got blurry when we tried to enlarge it. They actually have a pretty bright bronze finish to all the edges. Not what I expected. I might end up having to paint them to make them work. :s The shades are also much darker than the picture. They are yellowish beige not white/cream like the picture.  Also the Styrofoam packaging has to go. It was so "static-y" we couldn't get it off us and had to use a vacuum. It was like when a bean bag chair explodes. In this day and age more environmental friendly packaging should be used.