I like the shelf and love the color.  I purchased the Teal and Mocha.  The Mocha is a light taupe grayish color, pretty true to the picture.  It has a nice smooth finish.  It is not easy to put together, I knew that I needed to ask someone to put it up for me as soon as I opened the box and saw the template and instructions.  It takes 2 people to put this together.  The screws are not hidden, but they do provide colored stickers to hide the screws.  For  the money it is a nice shelf.