We understand that sometimes it can be confusing to identify a frame's colors using the little color swatches on our website. A case in point is this full-rim, medium-wide, curved-rectangular, black and white tortoiseshell, hypoallergenic acetate Women's eyeglasses frame. As we said, and as the picture shows, it's black and white (well, gray and white, to be precise). But our tortoiseshell swatch is your basic tortoiseshell color combo. (Tortoiseshell, incidentally, is not based on the color of the shell of a tortoise; it's actually based on the fur pattern of a tortoiseshell cat, which can come in a variety of colors.) Just like tortoiseshell cats, we have a lot of tortoiseshell glasses that come in many colors, and various patterns that stretch the tortoiseshell category about as far as it can go without breaking. We hope this clears that up! And we hope you'll love this frame. We think it's awesome, and that's the truth, in black and white. Please note, the actual pattern on eyeglasses may vary slightly from the one pictured.