The colour of wood changed

[Straight strike]

I have seen so many beautiful cues on this forum. But in reality, the colour of wood changed so quickly. Some brown wood like cocobolo, snakewood and rosewood got darken and olive wood tuned grey. Judging from your experience, which wood would hold the colour the longest? I would say it's ebony. Is there any way to preserve the colour besides putting on lacquer?

[cueinhand]

I have seen so many beautiful cues on this forum. But in reality, the colour of wood changed so quickly. Some brown wood like cocobolo, snakewood and rosewood got darken and olive wood tuned grey. Judging from your experience, which wood would hold the colour the longest? I would say it's ebony. Is there any way to preserve the colour besides putting on lacquer?

Good post!
I think that compared to other types of wood,Ebony,Tulip and Purpleheart will be more lasting

[JonLonergan]

Good post!
I think that compared to other types of wood,Ebony,Tulip and Purpleheart will be more lasting

Purpleheart is a very dull purple, sometimes quite brown when it is worked first and the purple colour becomes more apparent after it has been left for a short period of time. However if it is exposed to ultra violet light for lengthy periods (years) then it can revert to its brownish/purple state. There are ways to avoid this happening, and if it does happen it is easily resolved but as far as exotic timbers go it is not one which would hold its intensity of colour for a long time.