I'm not sure how they considered this "basalt GREY" - it's basically BROWN/BLACK. The reason I bought this was the open shelf at the top and the photo shows an opening on the backboard so you can run cables through. There is NO OPENING on the backboard, so we had to router an opening ourselves, so that was disappointing. Also one of the drawers sticks and is difficult to close. I'm keeping them for now, but wish it came as pictured and that the quality was better.