We are putting these 4 lights in our media room along our walls on a dimmer switch to give that elegant, sophisticated theatre feel to the room. These stated oatmeal for the shade and I was a little concerned about ordering as our home is white. But I loved the masculine feel of them for my hubby's man cave that I decided not to wait or spend too much time overthinking them and just ordered. Much to my surprise they are not really beige rather the black lends them to looking more grey with a hint of taupe and I don't think given our white walls that they will feel dingy but add depth to the room. Love them, hubby loves them and they are of a decent size!