Wenge

Greyish wood from a tropical tree with a dark, dense grain.

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Wenge is a warm grey, close to mauve.

It can be described as warm, muted, greyish and dusty.

Set in white, because white reads best on it.

Wenge

Millettia laurentii

Millettia laurentii is a legume tree from Africa and is native to the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Cameroon, Gabon and Equatorial Guinea. The species is listed as "endangered" in the IUCN Red List, principally due to the destruction of its habitat and over-exploitation for timber. Wenge, a dark coloured wood, is the product of Millettia laurentii. Other names sometimes used for wenge include faux ebony, dikela, mibotu, bokonge, and awong. The wood's distinctive colour is standardised as a "wenge" colour in many systems.

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wenge

Noun

A very dark and hard tropical timber, from the tree species Millettia laurentii.
A reddish shade of brown associated with this wood.

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Its neighbors.

High Rank, #645453 Nighthawk, #615452 Rix, #605655 Timber Brown, #605652 Briar Wood, #695451 Harvest Oak, #65564f Pure Zeal, #615753 Library Leather, #68554e Nocturnal Flight, #675754 Thunderstruck, #5f5755 Spirit Rock, #5f534e Scented Clove, #61524c

Wenge

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Wenge

Millettia laurentii

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Its neighbors.

Its complements.

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