|
Maple,
N. American |
4.0 |
2.0 |
slight ambering from a cream/white to a more
golden cream |
|
Oak,
Red |
2.0 |
2.0 |
slight ambering from a pinkish tan brown over
time |
|
Oak,
White |
3.0 |
2.0 |
slight muting of color variation to
straw/medium brown |
|
Walnut,
N. American |
3.0 |
3.0 |
medium change from a dark brown ambering to a
more golden brown & muting of the color variation |
|
Imported
Species - to North America |
|
Flooring Trade
Name |
Color Variability #1
|
Color Fastness
#2 |
Color Change
#3
|
|
Afrormosia |
1.0 |
3.0 |
pronounced darkening from a golden brown to a
uniform medium brown |
|
Amendoim |
|
|
will mute and become a more
uniform, darker tan-brown with reddish highlights over time |
|
Angelique |
2.5 |
2.0 |
medium change of muting of the varied browns
to a medium/dark brown with golden cross grain tones |
|
Ash,
Silky |
|
|
ages to a slightly darker
tan color over time |
Ash,
Victorian
(Oak, Tasmanian) |
3.0 |
2.0 |
slight muting of the varied straw/tans
ambering over time |
|
Beech,
European |
2.0 |
2.0 |
slight muting of the orangey tan and ambering
over time |
|
Bloodwood |
3.0 |
2.5 |
medium darkening to deep red |
|
Brushbox,
Northern |
2.0 |
U |
slight muting of color variation and
darkening to a deep brown |
|
Bubinga |
1.0 |
2.0 |
medium degree of darkening from pink/rose
color to a burgundy red |
|
Cherry,
Bolivian |
|
|
darkens slightly over time |
|
Cherry,
Brazilian |
3.0 |
4.0 |
pronounced darkening from tan/salmon color to
deep reddish brown |
Cherry,
Caribbean
(Mayan/Aztec) |
3.0 |
2.0 |
medium degree of muting of the color
variation and darkening of the lighter pieces to reddish brown |
|
Cherry,
Chilean |
|
|
medium degree of color
change, first darkening to a medium pinkish-red color and then ambering
slightly |
|
Chestnut |
|
|
ambers over time to a
medium tan/brown color |
|
Chestnut,
Southern |
2.5 |
2.5 |
medium degree of darkening from a golden
brown to a uniform medium brown |
|
Cypress,
Australian |
4.0 |
2.0 |
slight muting of the color range and ambering
over time |
|
Doussie |
2.5 |
3.0 |
pronounced darkening from a light orangey
brown to a deeper mahogany color |
|
Gum,
Sydney Blue |
3.0 |
2.5 |
slight muting of the colors over time and
darkening to a medium brownish red |
|
Iroko/Kambala |
2.0 |
3.5 |
pronounced darkening from a golden color to a
medium brown color |
|
Jarrah |
|
|
undergoes a medium degree
of color change over time by muting to a medium to dark burgundy-red as it
ages |
|
Kempas |
3.0 |
U |
medium degree of muting of the colors over
time and darkening to a medium brownish red |
|
Lacewood |
2.5 |
U |
medium degree of darkening over time to a
medium orangey brown |
|
Flooring Trade Name |
Color Variability #1
|
Color Fastness
#2 |
Color Change
#3
|
|
Mahogany.
Honduran |
2.5 |
3.5 |
pronounced darkening from light orangey brown
to deep mahogany color |
|
Mahogany,
Royal |
2.5 |
2.5 |
medium degree of darkening to deep mahogany
color |
|
Mahogany,
Santos |
2.5 |
2.0 |
slight muting of the color range over time |
Maple,
Patagonian
(Brazilian) |
2.0 |
2.0 |
slight ambering over time to a more golden
cream color |
|
Merbau |
3.0 |
2.5 |
medium degree of muting of the color
variation and darkening over time to deeper brown |
|
Padauk,
African |
2.0 |
4.0 |
pronounced darkening from a vivid orange to a
red/black color |
|
Pine,
Heart |
|
|
over time, will amber to a
darker yellow-tan color |
|
Purpleheart |
3.0 |
4.0 |
pronounced change from a brown when fresh
sanded to purple in days back to a purplish brown over time |
|
Rosewood,
Bolivian |
4.0 |
3.5 |
medium degree of lightening of the brown
color and muting of the color variation |
|
Rosewood,
Caribbean |
4.0 |
2.5 |
medium degree of muting of the color
variation and darkening over time |
|
Rosewood,
Honduran |
4.0 |
3.0 |
pronounced change from a purplish burgundy
color to a tan brown |
|
Rosewood,
Patagonian |
4.0 |
4.0 |
medium color change from a pink red to a
deeper red with muting of the color variation |
|
Rosewood,
Tiete |
3.0 |
U |
medium color change from a pink red to a
deeper red with muting of the color variation |
|
Shedua/Mutenye |
3.0 |
2.5 |
medium change from a golden brown to a darker
brown under the black striping |
|
Tamarind |
2.0 |
3.0 |
pronounced darkening from a tan salmon color
to a darker reddish brown |
|
Teak,
Brazilian |
3.5 |
2.5 |
slight muting of the color variation
w/lighter pieces darkening over time |
|
Teak,
True |
3.0 |
4.0 |
pronounced color change from fresh sanded,
darkening to a golden brown with substantial muting of the color range
over time. |
|
Tigerwood |
4.0 |
3.0 |
pronounced darkening of the background under
the stripes from an orangey tan to a deep reddish brown |
|
Walnut,
Brazilian |
3.5 |
3.0 |
medium degree of muting of the color range
and darkening from a greenish brown to a deep brown |
Walnut,
Caribbean
(Mayan/Aztec) |
3.5 |
3.0 |
medium degree of muting of the color range
darkening to a medium brown |
|
Walnut,
Patagonian |
3.0 |
3.0 |
medium degree of muting of the color range
darkening from a gold/greenish color to a medium brown |
|
Walnut,
Peruvian |
2.0 |
2.0 |
medium degree of muting of the color range
darkening to a dark brown |
|
Wenge |
1.0 |
3.0 |
pronounced darkening from a yellow brown when
fresh milled to a chocolate/black brown |
|
Zebrawood |
4.0 |
2.5 |
medium degree of ambering and darkening of
the straw/tan background into a gold/brown with dark striping |
