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Vision board · Dark and moody
Bark, from the Stanton Pinehill line, is a dark vinyl plank with a golden undertone (LRV 8 measured from its own picture). Here it is with Thunder walls, Swiss Coffee trim, and Upward on the cabinets, 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.
The grain and color of Bark move from board to board (a spread of 4.1 in L*), which helps hide everyday wear.
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 92°), so Bark stays golden without turning yellow.
See it at Benjamin MooreA soft neutral with a touch of warmth (hue 97°), so Bark stays golden without turning yellow.
See it at Sherwin-Williams74 points over Bark in LRV and warm enough (chroma 5.7) to read white, not blue, beside its golden undertone.
See it at Benjamin MooreA light color with some life in it, so cabinets float off Bark (a 49 point step in LRV).
See it at Sherwin-WilliamsCabinets in Upward or Swiss Coffee: a dark floor needs light cabinets to float above it.
| Role | Color | Maker and code | LRV | From the floor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floor | Bark | Stanton Pinehill | 8 | |
| Walls | Thunder | Benjamin Moore AF-685 | 47.6 | +40 |
| Or walls | Repose Gray | Sherwin-Williams SW 7015 | 58.2 | +50 |
| Trim and ceilings | Swiss Coffee | Benjamin Moore OC-45 | 81.9 | +74 |
| Cabinets | Upward | Sherwin-Williams SW 6239 | 57.4 | +49 |
Contrast, not a match.
The palette put to work around Bark.
The near misses, by the numbers.
About Bark and color, answered from the numbers above.
Thunder (Benjamin Moore AF-685, LRV 47.6): a soft neutral with a touch of warmth (hue 92°), so Bark stays golden without turning yellow. It sits 40 LRV points from the floor (LRV 8), more than the 30 points that keep a wall and a floor reading apart. Or Repose Gray (Sherwin-Williams SW 7015, LRV 58.2).
Swiss Coffee (Benjamin Moore OC-45, LRV 81.9): 74 points over Bark in LRV and warm enough (chroma 5.7) to read white, not blue, beside its golden undertone.
Upward (Sherwin-Williams SW 6239, LRV 57.4): a light color with some life in it, so cabinets float off Bark (a 49 point step in LRV). Cabinets in Upward or Swiss Coffee: a dark floor needs light cabinets to float above it.
Contrast, not a match: a step lighter: a honey tone (like our Golden Oak stain sample). A wood like our Jacobean sample is only 4.7 apart (CIEDE2000) and reads as a near miss.
Living room: Thunder walls and Swiss Coffee trim over Bark, velvet in mushroom with a slate blue pillow, aged brass lamps on low. Kitchen: Cabinets in Upward so they float off Bark, Swiss Coffee walls and trim, unlacquered brass pulls.
Dark: LRV 8 and L* 34, measured from its own picture, with a golden undertone. At LRV 8, Bark is 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.
Walls at the lightness of Bark: Urbane Bronze (Sherwin-Williams SW 7048, LRV 8.1) sits within a point of its LRV of 8, so wall and floor would blur into one. Wood that almost matches Bark: a tone like our Jacobean sample, 4.7 apart (CIEDE2000), reads as a near miss. Go clearly darker or lighter.
Light, size and wear, from the floor's own record.
At LRV 8, Bark is 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 9 inches a board, Bark lays about 16 boards across a 12 foot room, so the room reads open with few seams.
Bark is waterproof, so it belongs in kitchens, baths, mudrooms and basements as well as living spaces.
What only this floor's data can say.
One of our most-asked-for floors: estimated 4 times, chosen 2 times since 2025.
Bark is lighter than 6 percent of the 1,197 vinyl floors we carry, measured the same way, and warmer than 62 percent of them.
The same look in real wood: Little Black River, Robbins Noble's Way 7-1/4", only 1.0 apart in color (CIEDE2000).
To get this color on an oak floor you already have, the nearest of our stains is Jacobean (4.7 apart, CIEDE2000, from our own photographs on red oak).
| Width | 9 in |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 8.00 (1.5mm top + 5mm core + 1.5mm ixpe pad) |
| Installation | Float |
| Core | WPC |
| Construction | WPC |
| Carton | 26.57 sq ft |
| Water | Waterproof (the maker's word) |
Every color, price and detail on its own page.
Bark
Pinehill · 12853
Waterproof vinyl plank · WPC · 9 in
$4.49 per sq ft · $119.30 a carton
Material only. Delivery and installation extra.
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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.
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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