lovely deep grey-blue colour; perfect size for 80 x 120 cm table. I use a 9 kg base and the pole goes through the parasol hole in my table; that's good enough to keep the parasol stable, even when slightly windy. I gave it 4 stars and not 5, as it tends to lean a bit on the side when fully opened; the pole is only 25mm wide and could do with being a bit wider, it might then stand fully upright. Having said that, it's only a slight lean and I could not find any other rectangular parasol of that size, so I'm keeping it.