Nah they're a normal steel colour fella. Just not as shiny as some. Ive got some on at the moment, look like standard discs with a pattern on tbh.
To answer all of your brake threads in one, get either brembo max, or brembo hc's.
Hc's will look oem, max will offer slightly better fade resistance, at the cost of slightly faster pad wear.
Any way at all of converting the rear drums to discs?
Yes, pointless on a 1.2.