The color of Sapele varies from log to log, but generally is red-brown to darker red-brown. There are considerable variations in the striping, from ³pencil stripe² or fine stripe, to broad grain, giving Sapele a lustrous, very consistent stripey look. In

The wood varies in color from rich golden-brown to orange; the grain is interlocked, contoured, hard, and full of knots, resulting in a beautiful mottled or bird¹s-eye figure, producing a very striking and highly prized burl veneer.

Mappa Burl is cream-white to brownish-tan with a slightly golden cast. The cream colored background highlights the tan to brown burls. Sometimes the grain is hightly figured with curly and quilted patterns intermixed with the burl.

The Korelian Birch Burl is cream-white to biscuit in color, with pitch flecks and a swirl figure. The burl is rotary cut as a veneer; occasionally figured (fiddleback and curly); usually with many small, dark burl-like markings, creating a tear drop effec

Quartered Figured Avodire is a white to creamy golden color, with a natural luster or sheen. It has a moderate to fine texture. The grain is chiefly quartered-straight but often wavy or producing a very attractive mottled figure or quartered surfaces.

Figured Anegre is yellowish-white to pale brown, sometimes with a pinkish tint. It has a light to heavy fiddleback and mottle figure with usually a straight grain, but occasionally a wavy grain.

Plain Anegre is yellowish-white to pale brown, sometimes with a pinkish tint. It is lustrous but fairly plain in appearance, and has a fine, even texture. It is usually straight grained, but occationally has a wavy grain.

The color of Figured Sapele varies from log to log, but generally is a medium red-brown to a darker red-brown. The figure varies from log to log, but it has a very attractive fiddleback figure. A broken fiddleback or lightning effect, and a beautiful mott

Figured Makore is similar to Plain Makore in color-it is a pinkish brown to blood red or red-brown. It is also similar to close grained mahogany, but Figured Makore has dark red growth lines and small pores as in cherry. The figure varies in each log form

Plain Makore is pinkish-brown to blood red or red-brown. It is similar to a close-grained mahogany but with dark red growth lines and small pores as in cherry. It is straight-grained with stripes. Plain usually has no figures, althought most Makore has

This mahogany is light pink to reddish brown and tannish brown. The figure varies from log to log, with broken stripe, mottle, and fiddleback being unique characteristics in each log. Background stripe can be straight or broken.

African Mahogany is light pink to reddish brown or a tannish brown. It produces a very distinct, pleasing grain, often called ribbon stripe mahogany. The grain can be very straight to broken stripe to very plain. It is available in good widths and lengths

Zebrawood is a golden- yellow background with straw and dark brown stripes. The stripes are exceptionally pronounced. Zebrawood has fine grains with a lustrous surface created by con-trasty grains. Zebrawood is mostly quartered when cut as a veneer.

The heartwood of Wenge is dark brown with very close, fine grains. It is often referred to as "Chocolate Oak".

Tamo is brownish-tan through gray to almost white. Rotary cutting of the veneer gives Tamo a lustrous "peanut shell figure; a swirly background with plain to highly varied swirls and peanut figuring.

Pommele Sapele is in color. Some are light-medium red to darker. Pommele refers to the "peanut" or swirly pattern created by rotary cutting irregular grains, and the unique Sapele log lustrous appearance. It sometimes seems to be three- dimensional with t

The color of Swiss Pearwood is rosy cream-pink to light pink. The subtle graining in the cathedral with a mottle figure is prevalent. This wood has a fine, close grain.

Orientalwood is pinkish-gray to chocolatey-brown. It is somewhat like walnut but with dark, contrasty stripes. It is often figured. Orientalwood is mostly quartered. Grain with figure produces a checkered or broken stripe figure.

Mozambique has a golden brown background, often with contrasty black streaking. It has a plain and contrasty grain, and many logs are figured.

Movingui is like Satinwood in appearance. It has a lustrous surface and is yellow to orange-brown in color. It often has an attractive stripe and mottle, lightning figure. It is sometimes called Nigerian Satinwood. Generally, it is all quartered.

Louro Preto is a reddish brown to tan with contrast. Its cathedral is generally wild and contrasty. Louro Preto has Brazilian Rosewood characteristics and is often substituted for it. This wood needs a red toner to match Rosewood.

East Indian Laurel is gray to brown in color with black lines or striping. It has an occasional block-mottle or fiddle-back figure.

Lacewood is light pink with a silvery sheen. It has a small to heavy flaky grain due to large rays, and is often described as "silky oak". Lacewood is always quartered with straight grain. It has a very attractive overall pattern.

Kevazinga is a medium red-brown with lighter red to purple veining. Kevazinga is a rotary cut Bubinga veneer. Its texture is coarse with swirly, sometimes "peanut" figure created by peeling the irregular grain in Bubiriga.

Macassar ebony is dark brown to black. A large percentage of available logs is streaked with yeflowish-brown contrast, often called "marbleized". The grain markings are very bold, same straight but often wavy.

Bubinga is a medium red-brown veneer with lighter red to purple veining. It has a nice crown, sometimes straight and often bold striping. It can be with or without figure in quarters.

Japanese Ash-Sen is brownish- tan through gray to almost white. It has nice cathedral characters with a fine grain on either side of the heart. It glues and finishes well.