The belt I got is MUCH lighter in color and more textured than the picture. The light brown is on the top and bottom stripe with a darker middle, so it is a distinctly two-tone belt. The light brown dominates and does not match any of my brown shoes. Bummer. Seems like a quality belt and I had no length issues like others complained about.
Update: Brown shoe polish worked fine and I'll keep it.  Only other issue: the metal "loop" is square and hard. And btw, the "g-flex" supposedly advanced technology simply means there's some hidden elastic to allow a bit of give.