# Dusty Dune in a modern farmhouse room

Dusty Dune, from the Legacy Flooring Collection Toucan 7 in line, is a mid tone vinyl plank with a golden undertone (measured from its own picture: LRV 37). Here it is with Pale Oak walls, Alabaster trim and Urbane Bronze for a 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
- Dusty Dune, Legacy Flooring Collection Toucan 7 in: Waterproof vinyl plank · SPC · 7.2 in (SKU W9060)
- Price: $4.25 per sq ft · $91.93 a carton. Material only. Delivery and installation extra.
- Every color and detail: https://www.powellflooring.com/floors/legacy/toucan-7-in/dusty-dune

## Measured from its own picture
- LRV (light reflectance value, 0 black to 100 white): 37
- CIELAB (D65): L* 67.1, a* 1.9, b* 19.4, chroma 19.5, hue 84.4 degrees
- Undertone: a golden undertone, warm without leaning red
- Dusty Dune has a gentle movement from board to board (a spread of 2.9 in L*): calm, but not flat.

## Paint
- Walls: Pale Oak (Benjamin Moore OC-20, LRV 68.6, +31.8 from the floor). A soft neutral with a touch of warmth (hue 95°), so Dusty Dune stays golden without turning yellow. Source: https://www.benjaminmoore.com/en-us/paint-colors/color/oc-20/pale-oak
- Or walls: Dover White (Sherwin-Williams SW 6385, LRV 82.5, +45.7 from the floor). A soft neutral with a touch of warmth (hue 93°), so Dusty Dune 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: Alabaster (Sherwin-Williams SW 7008, LRV 82.2). 45 points over Dusty Dune in LRV and warm enough (chroma 5.3) to read white, not blue, beside its golden undertone. Source: https://www.sherwin-williams.com/en-us/color/color-family/white-paint-colors/sw7008-alabaster/
- Deep note: Urbane Bronze (Sherwin-Williams SW 7048, LRV 8.1). Deep and quiet, 29 points darker than Dusty Dune in LRV, a frame for a golden floor. Source: https://www.sherwin-williams.com/en-us/color/color-family/neutral-paint-colors/sw7048-urbane-bronze/
- Lower cabinets or an island in Urbane Bronze, uppers and trim in Alabaster. The floor at LRV 37 sits between the two (8 and 82).

## Wood, rugs and metals
- Wood a step darker: a warm gray brown wood, like our Warm Gray stain sample. About 19 points darker than Dusty Dune in L* (48 against 67), far enough to read as a choice.
- Wood a step lighter: black or painted pieces. Dusty Dune is lighter than any wood stain we photographed (L* 67), so contrast comes from black, painted or upholstered pieces.
- Rug or fabric, tone on tone: walnut brown (#554d40). 9 in chroma, half the warmth of Dusty Dune (19), and 34 points darker in L*.
- Rug or fabric, across the wheel: storm blue (#5b6776). Hue 264°, straight across the color wheel from the 84° of Dusty Dune, softened to balance it.
- Rug or fabric, grounding: mocha (#5d574c). A deep note at L* 37, 30 points from the 67 of Dusty Dune, so a rug keeps its edge.
- Metal: matte black. Black works with every undertone; beside Dusty Dune at LRV 37 it gives the room its outline.
- Metal: aged brass. A warm metal that agrees with the golden undertone of Dusty Dune (hue 84°).
- Metal: unlacquered brass. Left unsealed, it darkens with handling to a softer warm tone beside Pale Oak walls.

## Room by room
- Living room: Pale Oak walls and Alabaster trim, a walnut brown rug with a mocha edge on Dusty Dune, a coffee table in a warm gray brown wood.
- Kitchen: Urbane Bronze on the island, Alabaster cabinets above, matte black pulls, Dusty Dune underfoot.
- Dining room: A table in a warm gray brown wood on Dusty Dune, black or painted chairs, aged brass pendants.
- Bedroom: Dover White walls, walnut brown linen, a storm blue quilt, unlacquered brass on the lamps.

## What to avoid
- Walls at the lightness of Dusty Dune: Jockey Hollow Gray (Benjamin Moore HC-108, LRV 39.5) sits 3 points from its LRV of 37, so wall and floor would blur into one.
- Wood that almost matches Dusty Dune: a tone like our Country White sample, 6.3 apart (CIEDE2000), reads as a near miss. Go clearly darker or lighter.
- Walls that lean yellow: yellow on yellow flattens the golden undertone of Dusty Dune (hue 84°).

## The room it suits
- At LRV 37, Dusty Dune 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 7.2 inches a board, Dusty Dune lays about 20 boards across a 12 foot room, so the room reads open with few seams.
- Dusty Dune 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: SPC, a rigid stone polymer core (firm underfoot and resists dents from furniture)
- 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.