I am very disappointed in the color of the gold/brass option. It is not anything close to brass or gold, but rather a muted matt tan color. This color makes the hardware look cheap. I also purchased the two light option in black matt and do like those. Unfortunately, we had an electrician install the lighting and I did not open the box to view the item before he installed them. It was costly to have them installed so not worth the hassle to try and return them. I will be trying to use a run in brass paint to see if I can get them to look better. It’s such a bummer that the picture displayed on the item when ordering is so deceiving. It’s not a brass color at all and gas no shine.