The interior is a cocoa brown shade. Much better for me, since I am not the most neat person when it comes to spilling stuff, etc. The funny thing is that when I was at the Glendale Galleria Nordstrom on the first day of the sale (I wanted to see the Venetia up close), there was a woman there that was talking to the SA. She was talking about all her MJ bags and she was saying that hers had suede lining, not like the Anniversary bags. I was expecting canvas after her comments, but I was pleasantly surprised to see the suede lining.