After insetting a design on the deck of my Spring Run, I started faring when a strip turned blonde on me. In the photo below, I've wetted out the deck to give an idea of the color after glassing. The insert in the upper left shows where the offending strip abuts a light pinstripe around the cockpit.

How should I make this strip less offensive? I've come up with two solutions:
1. Cut the strip out and replace it. I've shied away from this approach as the strip and my replacement strips are bead and cove. This would mean making a square edged replacement strip from a bead and cove strip by ripping the bead off and gluing a ripped bead into the cove. Also the fitting around the cockpit would be tricky, but probably manageable.
2.Stain the strip. My worries here are having the stain bleed into the light pinstripe around the cockpit and if epoxy would adhere to the stained wood.

I would appreciate your comments on the above and/or any suggestions of other possible solutions.

Thanks Ron