We are delighted with the painting of this mailbox. Despite the main body being pinkish to my eyes, the color is neutral enough to go with many house colors. Our house is a light green and the green colors used in the leaves and stems jump right on to our house. It is made out of a fairly heavy cast alloy metal and shouldn't rust as I pretty sure it is not made of ferrous metals. And it is big, volume wise it might hold around a gallon and a half. All in all my wife is delighted.