The colors shown in the photo are a fairly close representation, but appear a little warmer than in ours. I think the reason some of the colors are slightly off is because they used a warm white bulb (which adds a slight golden hue) to light this lamp. We use cool white, full spectrum bulbs in our Tiffany lamps so the colors are as true as possible. The face is more of a light yellow than amber, the blue a rich deep royal hue, the pink is lavender, and the red is burgundy. This lamp is well made, sturdy and relatively easy to assemble. The foot-stepper switch is a convenient feature. Incandescent bulbs generate a lot of heat (surface temperature well over 500 degrees). While this lamp is well ventilated, it still gets EXTREMELY hot with a regular 100 watt incandescent bulb. Unfortunately it appears too dim with anything less than 100 lumens (the amount of light generated by a 100 watt incandescent) We originally used a 100 lumens florescent bulb for this lamp. While much cooler than incandescent, florescent bulbs also generate heat (about 90 degrees), when used in an enclosed space (such as this lamp) heat exposure shortens overall (two year) bulb life. Which is why we switched to a 100 lumens cool white LED bulb. 100 Lumen LED bulbs can last decades, contain no mercury, generate little or no heat and only pull 13 watts.