I have a pair of these in brown and needed a new set of black shoes for work.  They call these black but they are more of a "distressed" gray.  Honestly, it's a pretty cool look.  Unfortunately I have to have black shoes.  Took Kiwi polish very well and now are truly black.  The only reason I took one star off was because they take a little while to break in.  Once they break in they are super comfortable for all day wear and are tough as nails.  Takes about 2 weeks of 10 hours a day 5 days a week wear to really get them broken in well.