Purpleheart in a cutting board?

[gsmittle]

When I finish my current project, I'll have plenty of scrap that I'll turn into an end-grain cutting board for LOML. I'm wondering if something like purpleheart as an accent/contrast would work, or is that a bad idea?

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[Cochese]

It's very common, actually.

[Sparky2002]

Purple heart makes a great color combo with soft maple. Only downside, it is a hard wood. The end grain was also very tough to sand flush after final assembly. I do not have a drum sander so I did router skis. I was doing a couple boards at the time so it made that tasks simpler.