American Cherry Flooring Color Change

North american cherry undergoes an extreme degree of color change with pronounced darkening from a pale pink color when fresh milled to a dark reddish color when fully aged.

American cherry flooring color change.

Click here to return to the floor types page. This process occurs within a few weeks in direct sunlight and by oxidation out of sunlight over a six to eight month period. When sanded off the wood will go back to the original color of the wood. I bought a house with brazilian cherry flooring in the main living area.

Green is the compliment across the color wheel of red. Sapwood is light brown to pale with a light pinkish tone. Changing the rugs or wall color to something more neutral would calm the color of the floors. So green will make red much more pronounced.

Heartwood is dark to reddish brown lustrous. By sanding the hardwood we are sanding the layer of wood that has been affected by the sun or uv. Cherry hardwood is heavily affected by uv light and over time will change from a pale red to a deep red to even black. Some manufacturers steam lumber to bleed the darker heartwood color into the sapwood resulting in a more uniform color.