A nice change from a picture or a wreath.  Very nice colors.  It's painted over lightly distressed metal.  As another reviewer wrote, the painting is not precise everywhere, but I am a picky person, and I still like it very much.  My husband and college-age kids like it as well.  The colors are pretty much as pictured.  One review said the pinks came through more as red.  There is definitely not red.