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Blended Caraway in a warm modern room

Blended Caraway from the COREtec Originals Premium line is a mid dark vinyl plank with a golden undertone (measured from its own picture: LRV 14). It looks great with Classic Gray walls, Swiss Coffee trim, and Upward on the cabinets, chosen by the numbers.

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Blended Caraway vinyl plank flooring in the living room of our Cape with the dormers. CutPile Photoreal Rendering, an AI generated, simulated photo. CutPile Photoreal Rendering
AI generated, simulated photo. Living room in daylight, The Cape with the dormers.
Blended Caraway vinyl plank flooring in the family room of our colonial on the cul-de-sac. CutPile Photoreal Rendering, an AI generated, simulated photo. CutPile Photoreal Rendering
AI generated, simulated photo. Family room in daylight, The colonial on the cul-de-sac.
Blended Caraway vinyl plank flooring in the great room of our cabin in the hemlocks. CutPile Photoreal Rendering, an AI generated, simulated photo. CutPile Photoreal Rendering
AI generated, simulated photo. Great room in daylight, The cabin in the hemlocks.
WallsClassic GrayBM OC-23 · LRV 74
TrimSwiss CoffeeBM OC-45 · LRV 82
CabinetsUpwardSW 6239 · LRV 57
WoodA charcoal woodLike our Ebony sample

The floor, measured

Read from its own picture, not from a name.

LRV
14
Lightness L*
45
Undertone
Golden
Hue
69°

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.

Blended Caraway has a gentle movement from board to board (a spread of 2.5 in L*): calm, but not flat.

Light reflectance of the floor and its paintsOn a scale from 0 (black) to 100 (white), the floor sits at 14. Walls at 74. Trim at 82. Cabinets at 57. The shaded band is within 30 points of the floor, where a wall would blur into it.0255075100Floor 14Cabinets 57Walls 74Trim 82

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.

Walls, trim and cabinets

Named colors with the maker's code and LRV, each linked to its page.

Walls
Classic Gray Benjamin Moore OC-23 · LRV 73.7 · +60 from the floor

A soft neutral with a touch of warmth (hue 97°), so Blended Caraway stays golden without turning yellow.

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Or walls
Dover White Sherwin-Williams SW 6385 · LRV 82.5 · +68 from the floor

A soft neutral with a touch of warmth (hue 93°), so Blended Caraway stays golden without turning yellow.

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Trim and ceilings
Swiss Coffee Benjamin Moore OC-45 · LRV 81.9 · +68 from the floor

68 points over Blended Caraway in LRV and warm enough (chroma 5.7) to read white, not blue, beside its golden undertone.

See it at Benjamin Moore
Cabinets
Upward Sherwin-Williams SW 6239 · LRV 57.4 · +43 from the floor

A light color with some life in it, so cabinets float off Blended Caraway (a 43 point step in LRV).

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Cabinets in Upward or Swiss Coffee: a dark floor needs light cabinets to float above it.

The palette, by the numbers
RoleColorMaker and codeLRVFrom the floor
FloorBlended CarawayCOREtec Originals Premium14
WallsClassic GrayBenjamin Moore OC-2373.7+60
Or wallsDover WhiteSherwin-Williams SW 638582.5+68
Trim and ceilingsSwiss CoffeeBenjamin Moore OC-4581.9+68
CabinetsUpwardSherwin-Williams SW 623957.4+43

Wood, rugs and metals

Contrast, not a match.

Wood furniture

A step darker: a charcoal woodAbout 16 points darker than Blended Caraway in L* (29 against 45), far enough to read as a choice. Like our Ebony stain sample.
A step lighter: a light natural woodAbout 17 points lighter than Blended Caraway in L* (61 against 45). Like our Silvered Gray stain sample.

Rugs and fabric

Tone on tone: putty9 in chroma, half the warmth of Blended Caraway (21), and 28 points lighter in L*.
Across the wheel: mist blueHue 249°, straight across the color wheel from the 69° of Blended Caraway, softened to balance it.
Grounding: espressoA deep note at L* 20, 25 points from the 45 of Blended Caraway, so a rug keeps its edge.

Metals

Aged brassA warm metal that agrees with the golden undertone of Blended Caraway (hue 69°).
Unlacquered brassA warm metal that agrees with the golden undertone of Blended Caraway (hue 69°).
Matte blackBlack works with every undertone; beside Blended Caraway at LRV 14 it gives the room its outline.

What to avoid

The near misses, by the numbers.

Questions

About Blended Caraway and color, answered from the numbers above.

What wall color goes with Blended Caraway flooring?

Classic Gray (Benjamin Moore OC-23, LRV 73.7): a soft neutral with a touch of warmth (hue 97°), so Blended Caraway stays golden without turning yellow. It sits 60 LRV points from the floor (LRV 14), more than the 30 points that keep a wall and a floor reading apart. Or Dover White (Sherwin-Williams SW 6385, LRV 82.5).

What trim and ceiling color goes with Blended Caraway?

Swiss Coffee (Benjamin Moore OC-45, LRV 81.9): 68 points over Blended Caraway in LRV and warm enough (chroma 5.7) to read white, not blue, beside its golden undertone.

What cabinet color goes with Blended Caraway?

Upward (Sherwin-Williams SW 6239, LRV 57.4): a light color with some life in it, so cabinets float off Blended Caraway (a 43 point step in LRV). Cabinets in Upward or Swiss Coffee: a dark floor needs light cabinets to float above it.

What wood furniture goes with Blended Caraway?

Contrast, not a match: a step darker: a charcoal wood (like our Ebony stain sample), or a step lighter: a light natural wood (like our Silvered Gray stain sample). A wood like our Nutmeg sample is only 4.1 apart (CIEDE2000) and reads as a near miss.

Is Blended Caraway a light or a dark floor?

Mid dark: LRV 14 and L* 45, measured from its own picture, with a golden undertone. At LRV 14, Blended Caraway 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.

What colors should I avoid with Blended Caraway?

Walls at the lightness of Blended Caraway: Kendall Charcoal (Benjamin Moore HC-166, LRV 14.6) sits within a point of its LRV of 14, so wall and floor would blur into one. Wood that almost matches Blended Caraway: a tone like our Nutmeg sample, 4.1 apart (CIEDE2000), reads as a near miss. Go clearly darker or lighter.

The room it suits

Light, size and wear, from the floor's own record.

At LRV 14, Blended Caraway 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 7 inches a board, Blended Caraway lays about 21 boards across a 12 foot room, so the room reads open with few seams.

Blended Caraway is waterproof, so it belongs in kitchens, baths, mudrooms and basements as well as living spaces.

  • Wear layer20 milAbout 0.51 mm of clear protection over the printed wood, the part that takes the traffic.
  • CoreWPC, a wood plastic composite coreA little softer and quieter underfoot.
  • FinishUV Acrylic
  • WaterWaterproof (the maker's word)Wet mopping is fine; a flood is not.

From the floor's own record

What only this floor's data can say.

One of our most-asked-for floors: estimated 2 times, chosen 2 times since 2026.

Blended Caraway is lighter than 23 percent of the 1,197 vinyl floors we carry, measured the same way, and warmer than 84 percent of them.

A step lighter in the same line: Blended SiennaLRV 17, measured the same way, against 14 for Blended Caraway.
A step darker in the same line: Blended UmberLRV 7, measured the same way, against 14 for Blended Caraway.

The same look in real wood: Quietude, PG Flooring Pacific Grade Solid Birch 2-1/4 in, only 1.1 apart in color (CIEDE2000).

To get this color on an oak floor you already have, the nearest of our stains is Nutmeg (4.1 apart, CIEDE2000, from our own photographs on red oak).

Blended Caraway, the specifications
Width7 in
Thickness0.295"
Wear layer20 mil
FinishUV Acrylic
EdgePressed bevel
InstallationFloating or direct glue
CoreWPC
ConstructionCOREtec Residential WPC
Carton18.8 sq ft
WaterWaterproof (the maker's word)

The floor

Every color, price and detail on its own page.

Blended Caraway, COREtec Originals Premium
COREtec

Blended Caraway

COREtec Originals Premium · VV704-04017

Waterproof vinyl plank · WPC · 7 in

$8.19 per sq ft · $153.97 a carton

Material only. Delivery and installation extra.

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How we chose

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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