# Glistening Sand in a Japandi room

Glistening Sand, from the Legacy Flooring Collection Coastal line, is a mid tone vinyl plank with a soft greige undertone (measured from its own picture: LRV 24). Here it is with Worldly Gray walls, Alabaster trim, and Black Fox 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.
Page: https://www.powellflooring.com/vision-boards/glistening-sand-japandi

## The floor
- Glistening Sand, Legacy Flooring Collection Coastal: Waterproof vinyl plank · SPC · 9.06 in (SKU W6550)
- Every color and detail: https://www.powellflooring.com/floors/legacy/coastal/glistening-sand

## Measured from its own picture
- LRV (light reflectance value, 0 black to 100 white): 24
- CIELAB (D65): L* 56.1, a* -0.9, b* 6.7, chroma 6.7, hue 97.5 degrees
- Undertone: a greige: soft gray with a little warmth
- Glistening Sand has a gentle movement from board to board (a spread of 2.9 in L*): calm, but not flat.

## Paint
- Walls: Worldly Gray (Sherwin-Williams SW 7043, LRV 57.2, +33.1 from the floor). A warm white or greige in the same soft family as Glistening Sand (hue 82° against its 98°). Source: https://www.sherwin-williams.com/en-us/color/color-family/neutral-paint-colors/sw7043-worldly-gray/
- Or walls: Revere Pewter (Benjamin Moore HC-172, LRV 55.1, +31 from the floor). A warm white or greige in the same soft family as Glistening Sand (hue 95° against its 98°). Source: https://www.benjaminmoore.com/en-us/paint-colors/color/hc-172/revere-pewter
- Trim and ceilings: Alabaster (Sherwin-Williams SW 7008, LRV 82.2). 58 points over Glistening Sand in LRV and warm enough (chroma 5.3) to read white, not blue, beside its greige undertone. Source: https://www.sherwin-williams.com/en-us/color/color-family/white-paint-colors/sw7008-alabaster/
- Deep note: Black Fox (Sherwin-Williams SW 7020, LRV 6.7). Deep and quiet, 17 points darker than Glistening Sand in LRV, a frame for a greige floor. Source: https://www.sherwin-williams.com/en-us/color/color-family/neutral-paint-colors/sw7020-black-fox/
- Lower cabinets or an island in Black Fox, uppers and trim in Alabaster. The floor at LRV 24 sits between the two (7 and 82).

## Wood, rugs and metals
- Wood a step darker: a charcoal wood, like our Heritage Brown stain sample. About 21 points darker than Glistening Sand 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 Glistening Sand in L* (72 against 56).
- Rug or fabric, tone on tone: fog gray (#d4d2cc). 3 in chroma, half the warmth of Glistening Sand (7), and 28 points lighter in L*.
- Rug or fabric, across the wheel: graphite (#454c5b). Hue 278°, straight across the color wheel from the 98° of Glistening Sand, softened to balance it.
- Rug or fabric, grounding: charcoal (#3f3e3a). A deep note at L* 26, 30 points from the 56 of Glistening Sand, so a rug keeps its edge.
- Metal: matte black. Black works with every undertone; beside Glistening Sand at LRV 24 it gives the room its outline.
- Metal: champagne bronze. A warm metal that agrees with the greige undertone of Glistening Sand (hue 98°).
- Metal: brushed nickel. A soft satin nickel, quieter than chrome, for the greige of Glistening Sand.

## Room by room
- Living room: Worldly Gray walls and Alabaster trim, a low table in a pale, bleached wood on Glistening Sand, a fog gray rug, one graphite cushion.
- Kitchen: Alabaster cabinets, Black Fox on the island or one wall, matte black pulls, Glistening Sand underfoot.
- Bedroom: Revere Pewter walls, a low bed in a charcoal wood, fog gray linen, champagne bronze in small doses.
- Entry: A bench in a pale, bleached wood, a charcoal mat on Glistening Sand, brushed nickel hooks.

## What to avoid
- Walls at the lightness of Glistening Sand: Retreat (Sherwin-Williams SW 6207, LRV 20.9) sits 3 points from its LRV of 24, so wall and floor would blur into one.
- Stark blue whites everywhere: a greige floor like Glistening Sand turns muddy beside them. Keep the whites a little warm.

## The room it suits
- At LRV 24, Glistening Sand 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 9.06 inches a board, Glistening Sand lays about 16 boards across a 12 foot room, so the room reads open with few seams.
- Glistening Sand is waterproof, so it belongs in kitchens, baths, mudrooms and basements as well as living spaces.
- 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.