Color Names

Cocobolo

Tropical hardwood, dense and rich, like the heart of a Central American tree.

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Cocobolo is a muted brown, close to mauve.

It can be described as muted, dull, matte and soft.

Set in white, because white reads best on it.

Cocobolo

Cocobolo

Cocobolo is a tropical hardwood of Central American trees belonging to the genus Dalbergia. Only the heartwood of cocobolo is used; it is usually orange or reddish-brown, often with darker irregular traces weaving through the wood. The heartwood changes color after being cut and can be polished to a lustrous, glassy finish. Being quite dense and sometimes having a relative density of over 1.0, it will sink in water. The sapwood is a creamy yellow with a sharp boundary between it and the heartwood.

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cocobolo

Noun

  1. An oily tropical hardwood of genus Dalbergia from Central America.
  2. An old South American coin.
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