Parquet sorting much more irregular - within tolerance?

The item in photo 3 looks more high-quality, more like wood. However, it also shines more.

I also find image 1 restless, with a lot of wood texture including knots and so on. However, I do not find that negative. Image 3 is just a larger area: the eye sees more than the small section in image 1.

Since we are talking about natural parquet, (which is actually what one wants), the difference may exist but is not much, it would probably be within the tolerance for natural materials. I assume that natural wood products always have a small footnote explaining the topic "variation due to nature." As it is also labeled with natural stone.

To me, the parquet looks like it has been whitewashed black because the grain stands out so strongly. My sister has such parquet in her living room. very easy to maintain. :) I would compare the batches with the offer.

Thank you for all your answers! The material number matched; it is the same product in all three pictures. Meanwhile, the parquet has been laid in additional rooms, and fortunately, the sorting in the packages used there has been somewhat calmer. This makes the other rooms look really more harmonious and we like it :) Apparently, we just had bad luck with the first packages, where the color differences were simply more extreme. We have now sorted out the boards we didn’t like from all the remaining packages directly. This should prevent any unpleasant surprises during further installation. Maybe here is also a tip for future homeowners: If possible, be on site on the day of installation and sort out boards you don’t like if necessary.

It remains a natural product after all. And I could imagine that due to the lack of good wood (dryness, feeding damage) it will become more difficult in the future to get more uniform batches (no idea, just a guess). But I can also well imagine that the darkening over the coming months will create a more harmonious overall appearance.

Maybe a tip for future builders here as well: if possible, be on site on the day of installation and, if necessary, sort out any unsatisfactory floorboards.

That should be an absolute given. The clever builder also brings coffee and some rolls for the craftsmen, which greatly boosts motivation.

However, sorting out will probably be difficult; even with coffee and rolls, they will hardly show you every single board for inspection.

And a tip for the builders:
If you want the floor exactly as sampled, without color differences... you have to choose laminate or vinyl. No real wood. Every tree is different.