The photos on this web site are provided to assist you in making a choice of species. They should give you some ideas as to the color and grain range in a given wood or grade and other related characteristics or issues to be found in a species. The published photos have the following limitations:

• Color in the photo may vary from the actual wood due to:
  
  
  • the translation and reproduction limitations of photography
  • the limitations of viewing photos at web site resolutions
  • the limitations and/or variations of viewing photos on your individual monitor with its variable color and/or resolution scheme
  • the greater variation in grain, color, and/or character in your project than is shown in the photo, since your project could contain hundreds or even thousands of pieces of wood
  • the wide variation of stains and finishes that can be applied that change the final appearance of the wood
  
  
• Color, grain, and character change will vary from the photo in terms of the amount of change that will occur. This is due to the specific conditions at your installation site, resulting in either lesser or greater color changes than in the photo.
  
  
• Batch wood may vary from the photos. The reasons for this variation between batches includes:
  
  
  • Wood is a product of nature—the same wood growing in different locales can vary greatly even though it is the exact same species.
  • Freshly milled wood will differ in color from older stocks as the older stocks will have aged and undergone color change.