This chain/lanyard is made with soft coloured beads. This eye glasses chain/lanyard has chain around the back of the neck but is still comfortable. The beads are all different shape and sizes, you have opal white beads, clear AB beads, light orange beads, dark & light blue beads. The length of the eye glasses chain/lanyard is 30 1/4 inches long but still ideal for having your glasses on, the beaded lengths are 7 inches long each.