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Amendoim
| Amendoim ranges from a pale tan orangey brown color to a medium tannish brown color with reddish highlights | Amendoim exhibits a medium degree of color change as this wood will mute and become a more uniform, darker tan-brown with reddish highlights over time |
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Brazilian Cherry
| Brazilian Cherry varies from yellowish hues to pink/reds to dark reds with black striping. Quartered selection yields the most uniform look/color range | Like domestic cherry, Brazilian Cherry will change dramatically over time from the yellow/tan/salmon color when freshly milled into a deep rich reddish color. In direct sunlight, the color change will occur within a few days. Out of sunlight, it will oxidize slowly over six months. Water based finishes tend to retard the color change while oil based finishes enhance it |
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Patagonian Cherry
| Patagonian Cherry exhibits a wide range of color variability between pale pinks to darker purplish reds with occasional dark striping | Patagonian Cherry undergoes a medium degree of color change from a pink red to a slightly deeper medium red with the muting of the initial color variation |
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Australian Cypress
| Australian Cypress has an extreme range of color variability | Australian Cypress will exhibit a modest amount of color change over time with a slight muting of the color range and some ambering |
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Santos Mahogany
| Santos Mahogany exhibits a medium range of color variation—between a light orangey/brown with yellowish overtones to a dark reddish/purplish brown. Most of the wood exhibits a medium to dark orange/brown mahogany tone | Santos Mahogany undergoes a slight degree of color change with a slight muting of the color range over time |
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Patagonian Rosewood
| Patagonian Rosewood offers an extremely wide range of color variability from light cream colors through to almost black pieces | Patagonian Rosewood undergoes a dramatic color change from when fresh milled to when fully aged. Initially the background wood (to the black striping) varies from cream to orangish tones and then over times changes to deep dark orangey/reddish brown making the black stripes less pronounced |
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Brazilian Teak
| Brazilian Teak has a wide color range with a medium tan/brown range also including a limited amount of dark reddish brown pieces. | Brazilian Teak’s color range will slightly mute over time into a more uniform color range. The lighter tan pieces will patina to slightly darker tan brown. |
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Bubinga
| Bubinga is typically very uniform in color and graining | Bubinga undergoes a medium degree of color change, from a pinkish rose color when freshly milled to a burgundy red color when fully aged |
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Royal Mahogany
| Royal Mahogany is a relatively uniform medium reddish/brown colored species, especially when used in its quartersawn figure. In the flat cut selection, a wider range of coloration, varying between light brown to medium reddish brown with darker striping may be found | Royal Mahogany exhibits a medium degree of color change as it darkens over time to a rich deep mahogany color |
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Caribbean Rosewood
| Caribbean Rosewood provides an extreme range of color variability. This wood ranges from cream colored, flame type, swirls on through to gold/orange highlights on top of a medium brown background with black striping | Caribbean Rosewood exhibits a medium degree of color change, with the muting of the color variation and some darkening over time |