When presenting images of wood obtained through x-ray computed tomography to an audience inexperienced in interpreting radiological images, explaining the correspondence between mass attenuation and features of wood could be time consuming and confusing. Realistically colourised attenuation images might be a suitable option in order to facilitate understanding of the images. Mass attenuation and colour of wood does not have a simple correlation, so naive grey-scale to colour conversion does not work. This paper describes how image quilting can be used to transfer colour information from a image pair where both mass attenuation and colour is known to a target mass attenuation image. An example of this method applied on scots pine shows that it is capable of retaining the major structures of wood, such as year rings and knots. The method could allow for easier understanding of simulation studies where logs scanned using x-ray computed tomography are virtually sawn.