Overall a nice piece - especially for the price. The color is much darker than pictured and what I expected. I would never call it beige, as it's really much more gray. The fabric does have some beige thread, but also a lot of darker colors - in some lights it can even veer green. It's a versatile dark neural that kinda picks up the tones of what's happening around it (which is why I'm keeping it), but definitely not light, and definitely not beige. Assembly was very easy, and it's a comfortable chair.