The three strands of akoyas came from pearlparadise.com and all are natural color. Jeremy says the goldens are going up on Monday - Woo Hoo! Mine are the lightest shade, almost a cream, but not quite.
The amazing thing is that they aren't yellow, they are all true shades of gold. Now that mine are knotted, I've been carrying them around the house in my hand and setting them down in my lap for gazing/drooling. Definitely dangerous to have in the car!
I didn't touch the first message, just posted the second, which also said pending. When I went back to look later they were both up, so I removed my comment about the system liking pastry better than pearls. The weird thing - post 87 was pending for two days.