Mast color - advice requested

[Brewbrarian]

Would appreciate any feedback.
So, another noob question. I had planned to stain my masts on my Black Prince Schooner (1775), but the Model Expo English Oak stain I have looks very orange. I was thinking of using the walnut stain (which I also have) which is a somewhat rich dark brown, but I wonder--is there any reason historically why that would be a bad (inaccurate) choice?

 

[Uwek]

Usually conifer trees like fir, pine, spruce were used for the mast construction.
At this time of your schooner, the masts were usually not painted so I would not use a dark color stain

 

[paulv1958]

Hi