Not even close to grey. Comes as brown - no mistaking it. My shed in the background is gray to show contrast. I would have kept the set if it even remotely resembled gray (where I could at least pretend it's gray), because the set appears nicely made, was the right price, and came very nicely packaged (plus it's a pain to have to return in general). However, I have nothing brown on my patio and needed something true gray. Otherwise, if you don't care about the color so much as the number of pieces and the layout/versatility of pieces, you may be happy with the set.