Matching Colour with Wood [message #29564] |
Thu, 21 July 2005 14:53 |
GarMan
Messages: 960 Registered: May 2009
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Are there rules of thumb on matching stain/dye tones and colour with different types of wood? I know one approach is to not worry about matching wood and colour and just do whatever looks good to you. However, I'm looking for established standards. Do colours look best when they're used with the wood that they're named after? For example, Golden Oak, Dark Walnut, Cherry, Mahogany, Yellow Maple. Should Cherry coloured stain be used in non-cherry wood such as oak or mahogany? Should Cherry coloured stain even be used on cherry at all, seeing the wood already has a red tone? Gar.
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Color matching is tough. [message #29572 is a reply to message #29564] |
Thu, 28 July 2005 14:53 |
billfort
Messages: 34 Registered: May 2009
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I kept getting into trouble trying to ‘match’ wood species and colored stains to get a uniform look but finally decided to listen to what my antique dealer grandfather always told me – “stick with a natural oil finish and let the beauty and color of the wood speak for itself, it’ll match just fine”. I think he was right with furniture restoration & building and it holds true now with my audio projects. This picture shows my current listening room where the turntable is natural oiled oak, the speakers oiled cherry, the tuner oiled African mahogany and the amps SA mahogany (the fake cherry ‘picture’ laminate flooring doesn’t count). All quite different wood species but the natural look seems to blend nicely.
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