Beautiful chandelier, easy to assemble and very good quality. The beading is more a weathered grey color with clear beads in between. The accents of the actual chandelier are dark brown metal. The overall effect from afar is more a brown color than grey if that helps. I agree with another reviewer that mentioned the sheaths on the individual lights are a bit too yellow. They are also made to look like melting candles which wasn’t what I was looking for my decor. But I’m still giving it 5 stars cause it was a super  easy fix and I just switched them out with plain cream replacements that just slid right over and gave a more sleek and plain look. The beading is such a statement on its own.