Can I avoid pixellated results when using Replace Color?

Running PSE9 under Mac OS X 10.6.
I'm editing an (originally.jpg) photo of green jewelry (on a silver necklace) with a gray background.  I want to change the gray to a pale pink. 
At first I tried the Magnetic Lasso to select the jewelry followed by Replace Color, but the intricacies of the silver necklace and the fine wire of the (pierced)  earring hooks seemed to befuddle the Lasso into losing detail.  Then I thought I had a bright idea:  Skip the detailed selection, select the entire photo, and let the non-contiguous Replace Color do the work.  I don't know how this affects the detail of the result yet, because I'm more concerned about the approximately 3 mm pixels of a variety of colors that replaced the gray background.  Changing Fuzziness didn't remove the pixellation, and I have no idea why the variety of colors is occurring.
Where, oh where did I go wrong?

Here's how to get the results below:
1. Filled in the top left of the image using the clone stamp tool
    sampling off the areas below it. (makes the grey easier to select if
    it's fairly the same all around)
2. Used the magic wand tool with contiguous not checked and clicked on
    grey in the image.
3. Inverted that selection; Filters>Adjustments>Invert
4. Created a new color fill adjustment layer; Layer>New Fill Layer>Solid Color
   and picked the color in the color picker dialog (you can change the color later
   by double clicking on the color fill icon in the layers panel)
5. You may have zoom in close and fill in any areas you don't want pink by painting
    on the solid color fill layer mask with a brush. Use a black brush to show more of the
    necklace (hide the pink).
    Use a white brush to add more pink.
The color replacement tool doesn't work so good on images like this, that's why
a solid color fill adjustment layer is a better choice.
MTSTUNER
Message was edited by: MTSTUNER

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