This is a great chair.  I really liked how it came in one piece to save assembly time and hopefully makes for a sturdier chair.  The color is almost a dark brown, dull black, dark purple color.  There are distress marks on the chair that are quite bold but you don't notice after a while.  The biggest complaint about the chair is that there isn't enough back support.  You need a throw pillow behind you to make it  comfortable.