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Alabaster, from the Mullican Castillian Cottage 6.5" line, is a very light white oak hardwood with a golden undertone (measured from its own picture: LRV 57). Here it is with High Reflective White walls, Greek Villa trim and Distance as the deep note, chosen by the numbers.
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Read from its own picture, not from a name.
A golden undertone, warm without leaning red. LRV is light reflectance value, the share of light a surface sends back, the same scale paint makers print on every chip: 0 is black, 100 is white.
Alabaster is calm and even from board to board (a spread of 1.6 in L*), so it reads as one quiet plane.
The shaded band is within 30 points of the floor. A wall inside it blurs into the floor; BS 8300 asks for at least 30 points between surfaces that meet.
Named colors with the maker's code and LRV, each linked to its page.
A soft neutral with a touch of warmth (hue 110°), so Alabaster stays golden without turning yellow.
See it at Sherwin-WilliamsA soft neutral with a touch of warmth (hue 110°), so Alabaster stays golden without turning yellow.
See it at Benjamin Moore27 points over Alabaster in LRV and warm enough (chroma 5.3) to read white, not blue, beside its golden undertone.
See it at Sherwin-WilliamsDeep and cool, about 179° around the color wheel from Alabaster and 42 points darker in LRV, so each makes the other look richer.
See it at Sherwin-WilliamsLower cabinets or an island in Distance, uppers and trim in Greek Villa. The floor at LRV 57 sits between the two (15 and 84).
| Role | Color | Maker and code | LRV | From the floor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floor | Alabaster | Mullican Castillian Cottage 6.5" | 57 | |
| Walls | High Reflective White | Sherwin-Williams SW 7757 | 92.7 | +36 |
| Or walls | Simply White | Benjamin Moore OC-117 | 89.5 | +33 |
| Trim and ceilings | Greek Villa | Sherwin-Williams SW 7551 | 84.2 | +27 |
| The deep note | Distance | Sherwin-Williams SW 6243 | 15.2 | -42 |
Contrast, not a match.
The palette put to work around Alabaster.
The near misses, by the numbers.
About Alabaster and color, answered from the numbers above.
High Reflective White (Sherwin-Williams SW 7757, LRV 92.7): a soft neutral with a touch of warmth (hue 110°), so Alabaster stays golden without turning yellow. It sits 36 LRV points from the floor (LRV 57), more than the 30 points that keep a wall and a floor reading apart. Or Simply White (Benjamin Moore OC-117, LRV 89.5).
Greek Villa (Sherwin-Williams SW 7551, LRV 84.2): 27 points over Alabaster in LRV and warm enough (chroma 5.3) to read white, not blue, beside its golden undertone.
Distance (Sherwin-Williams SW 6243, LRV 15.2): deep and cool, about 179° around the color wheel from Alabaster and 42 points darker in LRV, so each makes the other look richer. Lower cabinets or an island in Distance, uppers and trim in Greek Villa. The floor at LRV 57 sits between the two (15 and 84).
Contrast, not a match: a step darker: a light natural wood (like our Silvered Gray stain sample), or a step lighter: black or painted pieces. A wood like our Country White sample is only 6.9 apart (CIEDE2000) and reads as a near miss.
Living room: High Reflective White walls and Greek Villa trim, a taupe rug in a flat weave on Alabaster, slate blue pillows, black or painted side tables. Kitchen: Greek Villa cabinets with an island in Distance, polished nickel hardware, Alabaster underfoot.
Very light: LRV 57 and L* 80, measured from its own picture, with a golden undertone. At LRV 57, Alabaster is very light: it bounces light back into the room, suits north facing rooms, basements and small rooms, and shows dark grit more than lint.
Walls at the lightness of Alabaster: Worldly Gray (Sherwin-Williams SW 7043, LRV 57.2) sits within a point of its LRV of 57, so wall and floor would blur into one. Wood that almost matches Alabaster: a tone like our Country White sample, 6.9 apart (CIEDE2000), reads as a near miss. Go clearly darker or lighter.
Light, size and wear, from the floor's own record.
At LRV 57, Alabaster is very light: it bounces light back into the room, suits north facing rooms, basements and small rooms, and shows dark grit more than lint.
At 6.5 inches a board, Alabaster lays about 23 boards across a 12 foot room.
Engineered hardwood: living spaces and bedrooms on every level, kept out of full baths.
What only this floor's data can say.
One of our most-asked-for floors: estimated 2 times, chosen 2 times since 2026.
Alabaster is lighter than 97 percent of the 1,744 hardwood floors we carry, measured the same way, and warmer than 51 percent of them.
The same look in waterproof vinyl or laminate: Golden Timber, Shaw Floors Distinction Plus, only 1.6 apart in color (CIEDE2000).
To get this color on an oak floor you already have, the nearest of our stains is Country White (6.9 apart, CIEDE2000, from our own photographs on red oak).
| Width | 6.5 in |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 7/16" |
| Finish | Aluminum Oxide Finish |
| Species | White oak |
| Construction | Engineered European White Oak Hardwood |
| Carton | 33.6 sq ft |
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Alabaster
Castillian Cottage 6.5" · 25021
Engineered european white oak hardwood · White oak · 6.5 in
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Powell Flooring, 1811 Union Valley Rd, West Milford, NJ 07480
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Paint names, codes, hex and LRV as Sherwin-Williams and Benjamin Moore publish them (each color links to its page).
BS 8300-2:2018 asks for a difference of at least 30 LRV points between adjacent surfaces, such as a floor and a wall, so the surfaces read apart.
The floor measured from its own picture in CIELAB (D65); the wood tones from our own photographs of 37 stains on oak.
Janka hardness from the USDA Forest Products Laboratory Wood Handbook (2021), Table 5-3b, at 12 percent moisture.
A picture's lightness depends a little on how it was lit, so the floor's LRV is read from the evenly lit field the visualizer lays and rounded. See the real floor before you choose paint: visit the showroom, or ask for a free measure and estimate.
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