# Aver Walnut in a warm modern room

Aver Walnut, from the COREtec CT HD 7x60 INTG line, is a mid tone vinyl plank with an amber undertone (measured from its own picture: LRV 23). Here it is with Greek Villa walls, Alabaster trim and Cascades as the deep note, chosen by the numbers.

A vision board by Powell Flooring, 1811 Union Valley Rd, West Milford, NJ 07480, 973-728-9717. AI assisted: the rooms are AI generated, simulated photos; the floor, the paint colors and every number are real.
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## The floor
- Aver Walnut, COREtec CT HD 7x60 INTG: Waterproof vinyl plank · WPC · 7 in (SKU VV735-07018)
- Price: $8.19 per sq ft · $191.89 a carton. Material only. Delivery and installation extra.
- Every color and detail: https://www.powellflooring.com/floors/coretec/ct-hd-7x60-intg/aver-walnut

## Measured from its own picture
- LRV (light reflectance value, 0 black to 100 white): 23
- CIELAB (D65): L* 55.5, a* 6.8, b* 11.3, chroma 13.2, hue 59.2 degrees
- Undertone: an amber undertone, warm and a little orange
- Aver Walnut has a gentle movement from board to board (a spread of 1.8 in L*): calm, but not flat.

## Paint
- Walls: Greek Villa (Sherwin-Williams SW 7551, LRV 84.2, +60.8 from the floor). Its undertone leans green (hue 94°), which quiets the orange in Aver Walnut (hue 59°) instead of echoing it. Source: https://www.sherwin-williams.com/en-us/color/color-family/white-paint-colors/sw7551-greek-villa/
- Or walls: Palladian Blue (Benjamin Moore HC-144, LRV 60.4, +37 from the floor). Its undertone leans green (hue 163°), which quiets the orange in Aver Walnut (hue 59°) instead of echoing it. Source: https://www.benjaminmoore.com/en-us/paint-colors/color/hc-144/palladian-blue
- Trim and ceilings: Alabaster (Sherwin-Williams SW 7008, LRV 82.2). 59 points over Aver Walnut in LRV and warm enough (chroma 5.3) to read white, not blue, beside its amber undertone. Source: https://www.sherwin-williams.com/en-us/color/color-family/white-paint-colors/sw7008-alabaster/
- Deep note: Cascades (Sherwin-Williams SW 7623, LRV 4.2). Deep and cool, about 139° around the color wheel from Aver Walnut and 19 points darker in LRV, so each makes the other look richer. Source: https://www.sherwin-williams.com/en-us/color/color-family/green-paint-colors/sw7623-cascades/
- Lower cabinets or an island in Cascades, uppers and trim in Alabaster. The floor at LRV 23 sits between the two (4 and 82).

## Wood, rugs and metals
- Wood a step darker: a charcoal wood, like our Heritage Brown stain sample. About 21 points darker than Aver Walnut in L* (35 against 56), far enough to read as a choice.
- Wood a step lighter: a pale, bleached wood, like our Country White stain sample. About 16 points lighter than Aver Walnut in L* (72 against 56).
- Rug or fabric, tone on tone: fog gray (#dacec7). 6 in chroma, half the warmth of Aver Walnut (13), and 28 points lighter in L*.
- Rug or fabric, across the wheel: graphite (#384d57). Hue 239°, straight across the color wheel from the 59° of Aver Walnut, softened to balance it.
- Rug or fabric, grounding: charcoal (#433b37). A deep note at L* 26, 30 points from the 56 of Aver Walnut, so a rug keeps its edge.
- Metal: aged brass. A warm metal that agrees with the amber undertone of Aver Walnut (hue 59°).
- Metal: unlacquered brass. Left unsealed, it darkens with handling to a softer warm tone beside Greek Villa walls.
- Metal: matte black. Black works with every undertone; beside Aver Walnut at LRV 23 it gives the room its outline.

## Room by room
- Living room: Greek Villa walls and Alabaster trim around Aver Walnut, a fog gray rug with a charcoal border, a coffee table in a charcoal wood, aged brass lamps.
- Kitchen: Cascades on the island or the lower cabinets, Alabaster uppers, unlacquered brass pulls, Aver Walnut underfoot.
- Bedroom: Palladian Blue walls, bedding in fog gray with one graphite pillow, nightstands in a pale, bleached wood.
- Entry: A charcoal runner on Aver Walnut, Cascades on the front door, a matte black mirror.

## What to avoid
- Walls at the lightness of Aver Walnut: Retreat (Sherwin-Williams SW 6207, LRV 20.9) sits 3 points from its LRV of 23, so wall and floor would blur into one.
- Wood that almost matches Aver Walnut: a tone like our Rustic Beige sample, 3.0 apart (CIEDE2000), reads as a near miss. Go clearly darker or lighter.
- Pink or peach beige walls: they pull more orange out of the amber undertone of Aver Walnut (hue 59°).

## The room it suits
- At LRV 23, Aver Walnut is a mid tone: it holds its color in a sunny room and hides everyday dust and pet hair better than a very dark or very light floor.
- At 7 inches a board, Aver Walnut lays about 21 boards across a 12 foot room, so the room reads open with few seams.
- Aver Walnut 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: UV Acrylic
- 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.