In the sunlight the color is very apparent, it looks a little gold/bronze like.
David got hold of the distributor, and they confirmed the color was not a defect, but the intended. I truly expected silver chrome, and to not see that, I got cold feet. Now, sending it to the US must have been pretty cheap overall, but trying to send it back, was looking at almost $80 without insurance, plus I'd lose the initial shipping in the refund, so it wasn't worth any refund to give up that much money with no product in hand. I pondered it for the next two weeks, and decided it was worth at least trying it on the car, and I like it. Still not what I expected, but better looking then the stock grill.