The description says that they are black, but they are brown.

Well, it works and it got here....finally

Delivery was not great. We ordered two lights together, the first arrived the second took a while. You should be prepared for some lighting fixtures to be left on your doorstep with no delivery wrapping, so all the world can see what it is you are getting. If it's taking too long to get there, be proactive and call, otherwise no one will say anything. Its very hard to get a live person to answer your questions at UPS, so ask the Home Depot staff to track down your order and ignore the emails. The light itself is OK, but could have some more exacting manufacturing standards such as a little over-painting of the interior gold onto the black outside shade. The cord it is hanging from has still not straightened out completely, I'll to try doing something to make it hang straight. Good price, but you get what you pay for. In all honesty I would have sent it back, but our contractor installed it as soon as he got it since we needed to get going with the work.

Just as pictured

These pendants are really pretty and well make. Easy to install. A very good value for the money.