Copper color- absolutely beautiful. Came in good condition and looks beautiful hanging. Don't have correct bulbs for it yet. Install was okay, the difficult parts were due to our house, not the fixure as far as my husband could tell. He had to file down some screw heads to get them to fit in the box above. Regarding other reviews of difficult install: instructions might have been short and simplified, but husband said it was no harder or easier than any other light fixture he's installed, so if you have done any other fixture you should be fine. If it's your various first electrical work you might be overwhelmed.