I needed a 5 light bar that wasn't ugly and was in brass.  This "brass" is more of a painted look than anything resembling metal.  It is more of a dark mustard so don't expect it to look fantastic with other brushed brass or gold  hardware.  I do not love it, but it looks acceptable for the price point of our project.  We were able to find smaller fixtures with an actual brass finish that looked much better, but we had to go with this one due to the 5 light requirement.