Purchased because of UNIDEN reputation. Color is a silver/gray metallic. Phone is compact. A different feature about the unit is that, when you hang it up on the wall mount, it hangs with the keypad facing you. It seems to be working ok that way but just something different than cordless phones of the past. When you lift it off the base, you have to give it a half-twist to turn it around for its use. The sound on the phone when you first use it seems like an echo but is not as noticable after using it a few times. Am hoping it will give us service as other Uniden products have in the past.