Wood Pics & Descriptions
Wood species I commonly use: As availability allows.
Please note that colors and grain are approximate.
Walnut
Dark brown with lighter streaks
Mayan Walnut
Light to medium brown
Bark Pocket Maple
Uniform pale
Birdseye Maple
Pale, with distinct red-brown latewood lines
Curly Hard Maple
Pale, with distinct red-brown latewood lines
Curly Soft Maple
Pale brown, beige cream
Hard Maple
Uniform pale
Spalted Maple
Pale, with dark veins
Canarywood
Clear yellow to tan, pale-olive
Cherry
Medium red-brown
Red Oak
Pinkish to reddish-brown
White Oak
White to light brown
Marblewood
Golden brown with thin, dark lines
Yellowheart
Yellow
Wenge
Dark-brown with near black veins
Jatoba
Salmon-red to orange-brown
Olivewood
Tan with black, gray, brown streaks
Mahogany
Reddish brown
Zebrawood
Dark brown/black lines mixed with light brown bands
Sapele
Medium red-brown
Bubinga
Brownish red, possible purple streaks
Purpleheart
Purple
Redheart
Moderately bright red
Padauk
Red, darkening to purple-brown
Osage Orange-Argentine
Light, orange-brown
Butternut
Medium brown