It's hard to know just how an item will look, up close in one's home. I was hoping for a more silver tone. These lamps have both gold and silver under the glass and look more gold depending on the light bulbs used. 
When I was a child, my mother had a nickle plated lamp that had belonged to her grandfather. She had it electrified. It looked like the bottom half of these lamps, which swayed my choice.