I ordered green/sage and they were a nice, soft and natural green color, as expected and depicted accurately in the product description. I bought tie back cording at JoAnn fabric store and each was under $5 because these don't come with tiebacks. I knew that, so I wasn't disappointed at all, but I was happy that the white color cording went well with the white/silver color of leaves in the sage curtains here that I selected. A light silver would also go well. These curtains keep light out nicely, but I mainly wanted them to keep people from seeing us in our house at night. They really do a great job at privacy and you cannot even see that the lights are on in the house when they are pulled shut.