Solid looking fan but the blades are the same 'silver' color as the main part of the fan.  In the pics, it really looks like the blades are matte black, and the description did not specifically state the color of the blades.  There are 2 other colours available - one of which was matte black, so I wrongly assumed when comparing the two (I was trying to decide which to get) that the blades looked indentical.  I will be keeping but spraying the blades black as the room has 2 metal tones (chrome and black)