Color is perfect-neutral linen, black legs. Attaches directly to a standard metal frame and is fairly easy to assemble, despite the package not including directions for the headboard but instead containing directions for assembling an entire platform bed. I docked a star because we initially put the legs on backwards (the "L" and "R" stickers were put on the wrong legs) but we figured it out and it worked perfectly once we had the legs correct. Looks gorgeous!