Nice flush mount when you want something attractive, but not eye-catching. The color is a true brass color. Not the yellow gold color you usually get with "brass" things these days. Gives off plenty of light for a single room. We have them all throughout the room in various rooms and they supply plenty of light for each room. We just used different color lightbulbs depending on the room, white for kitchen, soft for living room, etc. Only reason I didn't give 5 stars is because they definitely aren't the highest quality fixtures. Needed more than one set of hands to install, and the wiring and insulation was too thick for the encasement so it took 4-5 tries per light to get them flush against the ceiling. But worth the extra hassle, they look great!