Colored gray or yellow, blending to reddish depending on where it’s harvested, meranti ages to a golden brown with continued exposure to light. Meranti is a hardwood products. On the Janka scale — a scale that ranks wood for hardness — meranti varieties rank between 800 and 825. In lumber form, meranti wood works into light structural framing, moldings and trim, and low-cost furniture. Meranti has little durability in outdoor projects.