The tallest taper candlestick holder is a silver black colour while the other two small ones are solid matte black.  I can live with that what biggest concern is that I purchased these to hold wax tapers and ordered matching colours for my new chairs.  Stickers on the bottom of each candlestick hold says "WARNING- USE FLAMELESS BATTERY OPERATED CANDLES ONLY".  I would never have ordered these if I knew I had to buy tapers that are battery operated and by the way, TAPER CANDLES ARE NOT AVAILABLE AS BATTERY-OPERATED.  Clarification should be provided as to WHY you can use only battery operated candles... makes no sense or will the paint catch fire that is on the candlestick holders.  Customer service was not able to answer my questions!