I selected the black ones and they have a light weight thin metal feel to them. One of the fixture’s cords were super tangled so we just cut the wires from inside, untangled them then put them back together with wire nutselectrical tape.  Ran into common snags of making sure they all faced the same way and same height from the ceiling and in the end we gave up trying to make them totally perfect.  They don’t perfectly cover the electrical  box inside the ceiling if this bothers you, you’ll probably want a medallion to cover it. The cords are a cable and do not have a sheath over them to look like a singular metal down rod (understandable for adjustable height fixture).  I’m considering painting them black to make them not just look like wires. Very pleased with appearance and price!