This pearl is brown and
"This pearl is brown and flat in color. It looks nothing like the photo. It almost looks like it is painted. Update: I found out this is a dyed Akoya pearl, it is not a black pearl. The color is flat copper brown, not the lustrous pearl shown in the photo. Also the band is not the same as in the photo. To resize, the jeweler cut most of the pretty design off and replaced with a very thin plain silver band."