Excellent chair. Vibrant colors--ours is teal. Looks good in a tropical-climate living room with modern furniture and limited space for an arm chair. When my husband first sat in the chair, he said it was uncomfortable--he leaned too far back--but after a few more minutes in the chair, he changed his mind and said it was comfortable. The "strands" are soft plastic, with some give, not hard like they look in the picture.