Camphor is one of my favorite woods. It will tone down substantially in drying but it will still have great contrast and grain. The vibrant reds tend to go towards the brownish reds with orange highlights. I have had the best luck in retaning color by planing the dry wood and imidiately sealing the freshly planed/sanded boards with water based poly. I then cut to finish size, do joinery and assymble the prefinished boards and follow with a more compleate finish of the project. The wood has so much oil in it that it oxadizes within a day or two and that dulls the colors. Oil finishes will really muddy things up and lacquers tend to yellow even faster on camphor than on other woods.
Beautiful boards, they should go nicely in a project mixed with that cherry. Camphor also goes nicely with walnut.
