This color is dark gray with a hint of plum - kind of aubergine or eggplant. It’s funny that the three photos I took of the bag each came out a different color (none of them right on). This pattern gives no finishing instruction. I knitted and sewed in the handle tabs before felting using only the photo as a guide. I then went to www.nonipatterns.com, clicked on “knitting info” then on “lining a triangular bag” and used their instructions which worked out great.