# Grande Ellidy Oak in a modern farmhouse room

Grande Ellidy Oak from the COREtec Originals Premium line is a mid tone vinyl plank with a warm greige undertone (measured from its own picture: LRV 23). It pairs with Greek Villa walls, Alabaster trim, and Wrought Iron as the deep note, chosen by the numbers.

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## The floor
- Grande Ellidy Oak, COREtec Originals Premium: Waterproof vinyl plank · WPC · 9 in (SKU VV662-04029)
- Price: $9.59 per sq ft · $198.23 a carton. Material only. Delivery and installation extra.
- Every color and detail: https://www.powellflooring.com/floors/coretec/coretec-originals-premium-vv662/grande-ellidy-oak

## Measured from its own picture
- LRV (light reflectance value, 0 black to 100 white): 23
- CIELAB (D65): L* 55.5, a* 4.3, b* 9.8, chroma 10.7, hue 66.2 degrees
- Undertone: a warm greige: gray with a little brown in it
- The grain and color of Grande Ellidy Oak move from board to board (a spread of 3.5 in L*), which helps hide everyday wear.

## Paint
- Walls: Greek Villa (Sherwin-Williams SW 7551, LRV 84.2, +60.8 from the floor). A warm white or greige in the same soft family as Grande Ellidy Oak (hue 94° against its 66°). Source: https://www.sherwin-williams.com/en-us/color/color-family/white-paint-colors/sw7551-greek-villa/
- Or walls: Simply White (Benjamin Moore OC-117, LRV 89.5, +66.1 from the floor). A warm white or greige in the same soft family as Grande Ellidy Oak (hue 110° against its 66°). Source: https://www.benjaminmoore.com/en-us/paint-colors/color/oc-117/simply-white
- Trim and ceilings: Alabaster (Sherwin-Williams SW 7008, LRV 82.2). 59 points over Grande Ellidy Oak 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: Wrought Iron (Benjamin Moore 2124-10, LRV 8.2). Deep and quiet, 15 points darker than Grande Ellidy Oak in LRV, a frame for a greige floor. Source: https://www.benjaminmoore.com/en-us/paint-colors/color/2124-10/wrought-iron
- Lower cabinets or an island in Wrought Iron, uppers and trim in Alabaster. The floor at LRV 23 sits between the two (8 and 82).

## Wood, rugs and metals
- Wood a step darker: a charcoal wood, like our Heritage Brown stain sample. About 21 points darker than Grande Ellidy Oak 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 Grande Ellidy Oak in L* (72 against 56).
- Rug or fabric, tone on tone: fog gray (#d8cfc8). 5 in chroma, half the warmth of Grande Ellidy Oak (11), and 28 points lighter in L*.
- Rug or fabric, across the wheel: graphite (#3a4d58). Hue 246°, straight across the color wheel from the 66° of Grande Ellidy Oak, softened to balance it.
- Rug or fabric, grounding: charcoal (#413b37). A deep note at L* 26, 30 points from the 56 of Grande Ellidy Oak, so a rug keeps its edge.
- Metal: matte black. Black works with every undertone; beside Grande Ellidy Oak at LRV 23 it gives the room its outline.
- Metal: champagne bronze. A warm metal that agrees with the greige undertone of Grande Ellidy Oak (hue 66°).
- Metal: brushed nickel. A soft satin nickel, quieter than chrome, for the greige of Grande Ellidy Oak.

## Room by room
- Living room: Greek Villa walls and Alabaster trim, a fog gray rug with a charcoal edge on Grande Ellidy Oak, a coffee table in a charcoal wood.
- Kitchen: Wrought Iron on the island, Alabaster cabinets above, matte black pulls, Grande Ellidy Oak underfoot.
- Dining room: A table in a charcoal wood on Grande Ellidy Oak, chairs in a pale, bleached wood, champagne bronze pendants.
- Bedroom: Simply White walls, fog gray linen, a graphite quilt, brushed nickel on the lamps.

## What to avoid
- Walls at the lightness of Grande Ellidy Oak: 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 Grande Ellidy Oak: a tone like our Rustic Beige sample, 4.3 apart (CIEDE2000), reads as a near miss. Go clearly darker or lighter.
- Stark blue whites everywhere: a greige floor like Grande Ellidy Oak turns muddy beside them. Keep the whites a little warm.

## The room it suits
- At LRV 23, Grande Ellidy Oak 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 inches a board, Grande Ellidy Oak lays about 16 boards across a 12 foot room, so the room reads open with few seams.
- Grande Ellidy Oak is waterproof, so it belongs in kitchens, baths, mudrooms and basements as well as living spaces.
- Wear layer: 30 mil (about 0.76 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.