Wood grips, lightest to darkest?

[DeadWhiteGoose]

I am about to buy some new wood grips and was wondering if you guys can help me chart out the usual wood grains from lightest to darkest. Everything from kingswood, cocobolo, pau ferro, rosewood, walnut and etc. Thanks guys!

[Smith357]

There really are no absolutes with wood color variation. Cocobolo, pau ferro, rosewood, walnut can come in variations from blonde to black depending on exact species, place of origin, and which section of the tree the wood came from. There are 20 different types of walnut some of which is so light it can be mistaken for birch, rosewood is pretty much used nowadays as a generic term for any reddish colored exotic, Cocobolo can be dark brown to black if cut from the core or yellow if cut from sapwood. Ive actually worked with Ebony that was blonde.