Barcelona is a pale limed oak, a white-grey board with the grain pulled out in white and a cool, washed finish. It is the paler and more striated of the two whitewashed boards in the 7mm range; Paris is smoother...

Blackbutt in the 7mm range is a light to mid golden tan with fine straight grain and the dark gum vein streaks that mark the species, and it is a fair likeness: real blackbutt lays pale gold with a faint...

Set the name aside. Ocean Breeze is a mid warm grey-brown, a smooth taupe with soft grain and low contrast, and there is nothing blue or coastal about it. Bass Timber lists the same board as Ossa. If a pale...

Paris is a pale cool grey-white oak with soft grain, the smoother of the two whitewashed boards in the 7mm range. Barcelona has heavier white striation and reads a shade colder; Paris is quieter and a touch warmer, closer to...

Siena is the warmest board in the 7mm range, a mid warm terracotta-tan with an apricot cast and smooth, even grain. The name is apt: it sits close to the burnt-sienna end of the timber palette, warmer and redder than...

Spotted Gum in the 7mm range is a mid honey-brown with the wavy fiddleback figure and black gum vein marks that make the species recognisable, and a clear spread between honey and deeper brown planks. Of the six 7mm colours,...