Aniline black, cut in alcohol, gives a bluish effect but if the wood thus stained is rubbed with raw linseed oil, it becomes black.
Another Black.

Dissolve extract of logwood in wood alcohol.

Develop the color by going over the work with tincture of muriate of iron.
Golden Oak.

Dissolve asphaltum in naphtha until it is as thin as water and makes a yellowish stain; or to equal parts of asphaltum, varnish, and gold size japan, add enough turpentine to thin to proper consistency.
Mahogany.

Dissolve Bismarck Brown in alcohol.
Aniline stains may be cut in alcohol and mixed with equal parts of white shellac and banana oil (amyl acetate) and all applied in one coat.
(4) _Stains due to chemical changes_.