The brown one I received is in a dull, milk chocolate brown. The color is uneven; there are patches of slightly different shades of brown. Since it's shipped in a flat box no more than 2 inches high, the bag is wrinkled by the time it arrives. The uneven color and the wrinkles give the bag a distress look. The "hardwares" are plastic. The bag smells like leather and has a genuine leather tag attached to it. The two zippered pockets at the end are gusseted, so contents won't fall out. There is a zippered pocket inside the main compartment in addition to the one of the outside front. The total length of the bag is 13 inches. The two pockets at the ends are about 1.5 inches each, so that leaves the main compartment to be about 10 inches long. The shoulder strap is about 31 inches long. It could be used as a satchel style handbag. Overall it's a good value and functional if this is the size you're looking for.