It's an elegant pendant.  The color is a distressed silver with black distressed marks flecked through the paint. There are a few gold flecks but visually its silver.  I have 8'5" ceilings and a 7'x3' island, so I would have probably used 3 of these across the island.  I was going for a more gold tone so these didn't work, but if I had wanted a more nickel finish I would have used these!  Very pretty and felt solid.