Be very careful before you decide to go au naturale! If the dye coat has leached into the grain, it is freaking bear to get out. And my experience is that it bleeds back out when you put on a sealer. I had to do several bleach washes on mine to get out old stain, and ran into problems with that as the old ES plys tend to bubble up if they get too moist. BEWARE.
Cherry is delightful too.
So is black!