Hi!
I've been lurking for a year, but joined tonight because FINALLY, I can actually be of some help! I'm very "decorating challenged", but recently sampled both Ben Moore Alpaca and Fairway Oaks on my living room walls. I didn't care for Fairway Oaks -- darker than I wanted and had a yellow undertone. Loved the Alpaca in natural daylight, but it turned golden at night under the lamp. I went ahead and painted Alpaca anyway because I was sick of looking for the perfect color. Once the Alpaca was on all four walls I loved it! It's just perfect in the room and looks nice day and night.

Thanks to everyone on the Home Decorating Forum for the great advice I've been reading and enjoying for the past year.

happy, you need to post a photo for us. I've never seen that color and am curious to see how it looks up on the wall. Thanks

First try at posting an image -- hope it works!

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Didn't work. Will figure it out and try again.

Trying again.

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Yikes - one more time.

Happy,

Thank you for posting the photo of the alpaca paint color. I noticed that you have a lot of natural light in the room and that may be why you didn't get any fleshtone undertones. My room has very little natural light. If anyone else has used Fairway Oaks or Alpaca paint please let me know your experience with these colors. Thanks to all for your responses!

Lighting will make a big difference from room to room. CJ, I think that if the lighter of the two colors turned fleshy on you (we call it Bandaid color in my house!) the next color on the strip will, too. Try moving to the next strip (or two) over, away from pink.

Thanks for the tips. Well, I stopped the painters after one coat of the Fairway Oaks. I just don't know if I can get used to it. It turns gold, yellow and a flesh color. Really weird! I have reveal light bulbs but it hasn't helped much. I'm hoping that it will grow on me. This paint ain't cheap!