Wood grain color reproduction method

A method of manufacturing a wood stain display sample, the method comprising:

• optically scanning a wood sample comprising a wood stain with a computing device to generate a digital image of the wood stain;
• adjusting a color of the digital image to form a color-adjusted digital image;
• printing the color-adjusted digital image to a substrate using a xerographic printing process to form the wood stain display sample, the printing comprising:
• printing an underlay toner to the substrate to form an underlay layer, the underlay toner comprising a white or a transparent color, the underlay layer formed in an interrupted manner and comprising a first underlay peak portion comprising a first underlay maximum thickness and a first underlay valley portion comprising a first underlay minimum thickness;
• printing a yellow, magenta, cyan, and black toner over the underlay toner, the yellow, magenta, cyan, and black toner positioned over the first underlay peak portion and within the first underlay valley portion, the yellow, magenta, cyan, and black toner comprising a first surface that is in contact with the underlay toner and a second surface, opposite the first surface, that is non-planar;
• and
• printing an overlay toner over the black toner to form an overlay layer in contact with the second surface, the overlay toner comprising a transparent color, the overlay layer formed in an interrupted manner and comprising a first overlay peak portion comprising a first overlay maximum thickness and a first overlay valley portion comprising a first overlay minimum thickness, the first overlay peak portion positioned over the first underlay peak portion and the first overlay valley portion positioned over the first underlay valley portion.

A wood stain display sample comprising:

• a substrate;
• an underlay toner positioned over the substrate, the underlay toner comprising a first underlay peak portion comprising a first underlay maximum thickness and a first underlay valley portion comprising a first underlay minimum thickness;
• a yellow, magenta, cyan, and black toner positioned over the underlay toner, the yellow, magenta, cyan, and black toner positioned over the first underlay peak portion and within the first underlay valley portion the yellow, magenta, cyan, and black toner comprising a first surface that is in contact with the underlay toner and a second surface, opposite the first surface, that is non-planar;
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• an overlay toner positioned over the black toner to form an overlay layer in contact with the second surface, the overlay toner comprising a transparent color, the overlay layer comprising a first overlay peak portion comprising a first overlay maximum thickness and a first overlay valley portion comprising a first overlay minimum thickness, the first overlay peak portion positioned over the first underlay peak portion and the first overlay valley portion positioned over the first underlay valley portion such that the overlay toner is non-planar.