You need to look closely at the wires. The wires are usually coated with a colored plastic covering, or they can have a transparent plastic over them.
Black is the hot wire. A brass screw in a light fixture is the hot connection.
The Silver wire is the neutral wire. Neutral wires are indicated by either of the following: the wire has ridges; the wire has writing under the clear plastic; the wire has an inner "tracer" line or wire, the wire is white.
Your chandelier doesn't "just" have a copper wire and a silver wire but it has a copper wire which is covered with a plastic and a silver wire covered with a plastic. The color determines whether neutral or hot.
Anyway, silver wire is the neutral wire, or as you say, negative.
Black is the hot wire. A brass screw in a light fixture is the hot connection.
The Silver wire is the neutral wire. Neutral wires are indicated by either of the following: the wire has ridges; the wire has writing under the clear plastic; the wire has an inner "tracer" line or wire, the wire is white.
Your chandelier doesn't "just" have a copper wire and a silver wire but it has a copper wire which is covered with a plastic and a silver wire covered with a plastic. The color determines whether neutral or hot.
Anyway, silver wire is the neutral wire, or as you say, negative.