# Antique Natural Oak in a warm modern room

Antique Natural Oak from the Shaw Floors Traditions line is a mid dark vinyl plank with a golden undertone (LRV 20, measured from its own picture). It pairs with Classic Gray walls, Swiss Coffee trim, and Naval as the deep note, with the choices guided by the numbers.

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## The floor
- Antique Natural Oak, Shaw Floors Traditions: Waterproof vinyl plank · WPC · 5 in (SKU 3527V-02118)
- Price: $4.99 per sq ft · $66.57 a carton. Material only. Delivery and installation extra.
- Every color and detail: https://www.powellflooring.com/floors/shawfloors/traditions/antique-natural-oak

## Measured from its own picture
- LRV (light reflectance value, 0 black to 100 white): 20
- CIELAB (D65): L* 51.8, a* 6, b* 24.5, chroma 25.2, hue 76.3 degrees
- Undertone: a golden undertone, warm without leaning red
- Antique Natural Oak has a gentle movement from board to board (a spread of 1.9 in L*): calm, but not flat.

## Paint
- Walls: Classic Gray (Benjamin Moore OC-23, LRV 73.7, +53.7 from the floor). A soft neutral with a touch of warmth (hue 97°), so Antique Natural Oak stays golden without turning yellow. Source: https://www.benjaminmoore.com/en-us/paint-colors/color/oc-23/classic-gray
- Or walls: Dover White (Sherwin-Williams SW 6385, LRV 82.5, +62.5 from the floor). A soft neutral with a touch of warmth (hue 93°), so Antique Natural Oak stays golden without turning yellow. Source: https://www.sherwin-williams.com/en-us/color/color-family/white-paint-colors/sw6385-dover-white/
- Trim and ceilings: Swiss Coffee (Benjamin Moore OC-45, LRV 81.9). 62 points over Antique Natural Oak in LRV and warm enough (chroma 5.7) to read white, not blue, beside its golden undertone. Source: https://www.benjaminmoore.com/en-us/paint-colors/color/oc-45/swiss-coffee
- Deep note: Naval (Sherwin-Williams SW 6244, LRV 4.5). Deep and cool, about 173° around the color wheel from Antique Natural Oak and 16 points darker in LRV, so each makes the other look richer. Source: https://www.sherwin-williams.com/en-us/color/color-family/blue-paint-colors/sw6244-naval/
- Lower cabinets or an island in Naval, uppers and trim in Swiss Coffee. The floor at LRV 20 sits between the two (5 and 82).

## Wood, rugs and metals
- Wood a step darker: a charcoal wood, like our Heritage Brown stain sample. About 17 points darker than Antique Natural Oak in L* (35 against 52), far enough to read as a choice.
- Wood a step lighter: a pale, bleached wood, like our Natural stain sample. About 15 points lighter than Antique Natural Oak in L* (67 against 52).
- Rug or fabric, tone on tone: oatmeal (#d3c3b2). 11 in chroma, half the warmth of Antique Natural Oak (25), and 28 points lighter in L*.
- Rug or fabric, across the wheel: graphite (#394856). Hue 256°, straight across the color wheel from the 76° of Antique Natural Oak, softened to balance it.
- Rug or fabric, grounding: espresso (#3c3328). A deep note at L* 22, 30 points from the 52 of Antique Natural Oak, so a rug keeps its edge.
- Metal: aged brass. A warm metal that agrees with the golden undertone of Antique Natural Oak (hue 76°).
- Metal: unlacquered brass. Left unsealed, it darkens with handling to a softer warm tone beside Classic Gray walls.
- Metal: matte black. Black works with every undertone; beside Antique Natural Oak at LRV 20 it gives the room its outline.

## Room by room
- Living room: Classic Gray walls and Swiss Coffee trim around Antique Natural Oak, an oatmeal rug with an espresso border, a coffee table in a charcoal wood, aged brass lamps.
- Kitchen: Naval on the island or the lower cabinets, Swiss Coffee uppers, unlacquered brass pulls, Antique Natural Oak underfoot.
- Bedroom: Dover White walls, bedding in oatmeal with one graphite pillow, nightstands in a pale, bleached wood.
- Entry: An espresso runner on Antique Natural Oak, Naval on the front door, a matte black mirror.

## What to avoid
- Walls at the lightness of Antique Natural Oak: Retreat (Sherwin-Williams SW 6207, LRV 20.9) sits within a point of its LRV of 20, so wall and floor would blur into one.
- Wood that almost matches Antique Natural Oak: a tone like our Fruitwood sample, 4.6 apart (CIEDE2000), reads as a near miss. Go clearly darker or lighter.
- Walls that lean yellow: yellow on yellow flattens the golden undertone of Antique Natural Oak (hue 76°).

## The room it suits
- At LRV 20, Antique Natural Oak is mid dark: it is at its best in a big room with good light and warm lamps, and it shows dust, pet hair and fine scratches more than a mid tone.
- At 5 inches a board, Antique Natural Oak lays about 29 boards across a 12 foot room.
- Antique Natural Oak is waterproof, so it belongs in kitchens, baths, mudrooms and basements as well as living spaces.
- Wear layer: 20 mil (about 0.51 mm of clear protection over the printed wood, the part that takes the traffic)
- Core: WPC, a wood plastic composite core (a little softer and quieter underfoot)
- Finish: ScufResist®
- Water: Waterproof (the maker's word) (wet mopping is fine; a flood is not)

## Sources
- 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.