The leather of the upper is actually darker than shown, so it is a warm, golden, dark tan.  Absolutely gorgeous.  As for fit, the heel on these is not nearly as big and loose as the pair of Justin boots I tried, so my heel doesn't slip around or up and down as much, which is all to the good.  The footbed is very comfortably padded and walking in these is like wearing a comfortable pair of sneakers, so a person could actually wear these for a long day of work, shopping, or running errands.  Considering the fact that these are made of good quality leather, it would be very easy to use some Montana Pitch Blend oil and wax to treat the upper (foot area, not the shaft) and make them almost completely water proof.  At the moment, they are water resistant and I had no trouble walking around in the rain here in a Washington state winter.

One con: the footbed is not removable (it is lightly glued down), so it would be inadvisable to remove it to put in a footbed with arch support.  I'm going to try to find some small arch cookies to slip underneath for added arch support (my very high arches are falling and need all the support they can get) and hope that works for me.  If you don't require an extreme amount of arch support, these should be fine as is, because of the padding in the footbed.