They are more of a brick red, so a bit darker. There is some ripping of the seams around the waist, nothing horrible or even noticeable when they're being worn. I'm just more of an XL girl - a pretty full, very bootylicious size 18 - so these don't fit me as comfortably as I'd like! If you're more along the size 16 side, these would be better for you.

Because of the slight damage, these probably aren't worth being swapped for brand new or specialty Melos (unless you really, really want to!), but if you have any used, dark colored XL33 or shorter Melos, or maybe Desert Dancer pants or something similar, please PM me and we can set something up! Thanks!