Stained black oak: grain contrast is amplified

A piece of black-stained oak. The dye only acts on the surface, and the soft wood parts absorb more color than the hard wood, thus the original wood grain is magnified into distinct light and dark stripes: the dark areas are almost black, while the light areas still show brown. The overall tone is a cool deep grayish-brown. It is suitable for large wall areas where the wood grain needs to be read. The surface is matte. Avoid: making the stain uniformly cover the wood grain, using colored paint instead of dye, letting the color lean towards blue and purple, and exposing the unstained light core at the cross-section.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一片染黑的橡木。染料只作用在表面,而且軟木部分吃色比硬木多,因此原本的木紋被放大成明顯的深淺條紋:深的地方接近黑,淺的地方還看得到褐。整體是冷調的深灰褐。它適合用在需要讓木紋被讀出來的大面積牆上。表面是霧面的。避免:把染色做到均勻遮蓋木紋、使用有色漆取代染料、讓顏色偏向藍與紫、在斷面處露出未染色的淺芯。