Given enough light cherry too will fade, and it doesn't take too long for walnut to lighten. Here are two pictures of our floor, maple with a walnut and cherry stripe in the border. The first is in an area that doesn't get much light, the second is in front of a big window that goes down to floor level. There's almost no distinction left in color between the maple, walnut, and cherry boards, the picture is a good representation. I'm wishing I had dyed it prior to finishing. This is after five years, but it looked like this after two. The trim is also cherry and in the front window it's become quite light.
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