# Grande Petronas Oak in a warm modern room

Grande Petronas Oak from the COREtec Originals Premium line is a mid tone vinyl plank with a golden undertone (measured from its own picture: LRV 23). Here it is with Repose Gray walls, Greek Villa trim, and Naval as the deep note, chosen by the numbers.

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## The floor
- Grande Petronas Oak, COREtec Originals Premium: Waterproof vinyl plank · WPC · 9 in (SKU VV662-04013)
- 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-petronas-oak

## Measured from its own picture
- LRV (light reflectance value, 0 black to 100 white): 23
- CIELAB (D65): L* 55.4, a* 10.3, b* 26.2, chroma 28.2, hue 68.5 degrees
- Undertone: a golden undertone, warm without leaning red
- Grande Petronas Oak has a gentle movement from board to board (a spread of 2.3 in L*): calm, but not flat.

## Paint
- Walls: Repose Gray (Sherwin-Williams SW 7015, LRV 58.2, +34.9 from the floor). A soft neutral with a touch of warmth (hue 97°), so Grande Petronas Oak stays golden without turning yellow. Source: https://www.sherwin-williams.com/en-us/color/color-family/neutral-paint-colors/sw7015-repose-gray/
- Or walls: Revere Pewter (Benjamin Moore HC-172, LRV 55.1, +31.8 from the floor). A soft neutral with a touch of warmth (hue 95°), so Grande Petronas Oak stays golden without turning yellow. Source: https://www.benjaminmoore.com/en-us/paint-colors/color/hc-172/revere-pewter
- Trim and ceilings: Greek Villa (Sherwin-Williams SW 7551, LRV 84.2). 61 points over Grande Petronas Oak 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/sw7551-greek-villa/
- Deep note: Naval (Sherwin-Williams SW 6244, LRV 4.5). Deep and cool, about 166° around the color wheel from Grande Petronas Oak and 19 points darker in LRV, so each makes the other look richer. Source: https://www.sherwin-williams.com/en-us/color/color-family/blue-paint-colors/sw6244-naval/
- Lower cabinets or an island in Naval, uppers and trim in Greek Villa. The floor at LRV 23 sits between the two (5 and 84).

## Wood, rugs and metals
- Wood a step darker: a charcoal wood, like our Heritage Brown stain sample. About 21 points darker than Grande Petronas Oak in L* (35 against 55), 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 Petronas Oak in L* (72 against 55).
- Rug or fabric, tone on tone: oatmeal (#e2ccba). 13 in chroma, half the warmth of Grande Petronas Oak (28), and 28 points lighter in L*.
- Rug or fabric, across the wheel: graphite (#3a4c58). Hue 249°, straight across the color wheel from the 69° of Grande Petronas Oak, softened to balance it.
- Rug or fabric, grounding: chocolate (#473a2f). A deep note at L* 25, 30 points from the 55 of Grande Petronas Oak, so a rug keeps its edge.
- Metal: aged brass. A warm metal that agrees with the golden undertone of Grande Petronas Oak (hue 69°).
- Metal: unlacquered brass. Left unsealed, it darkens with handling to a softer warm tone beside Repose Gray walls.
- Metal: matte black. Black works with every undertone; beside Grande Petronas Oak at LRV 23 it gives the room its outline.

## Room by room
- Living room: Repose Gray walls and Greek Villa trim around Grande Petronas Oak, an oatmeal rug with a chocolate border, a coffee table in a charcoal wood, aged brass lamps.
- Kitchen: Naval on the island or the lower cabinets, Greek Villa uppers, unlacquered brass pulls, Grande Petronas Oak underfoot.
- Bedroom: Revere Pewter walls, bedding in oatmeal with one graphite pillow, nightstands in a pale, bleached wood.
- Entry: A chocolate runner on Grande Petronas Oak, Naval on the front door, a matte black mirror.

## What to avoid
- Walls at the lightness of Grande Petronas Oak: Retreat (Sherwin-Williams SW 6207, LRV 20.9) sits 2 points from its LRV of 23, so wall and floor would blur into one.
- Wood that almost matches Grande Petronas Oak: a tone like our Neutral sample, 1.5 apart (CIEDE2000), reads as a near miss. Go clearly darker or lighter.
- Walls that lean yellow: yellow on yellow flattens the golden undertone of Grande Petronas Oak (hue 69°).

## The room it suits
- At LRV 23, Grande Petronas 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 Petronas Oak lays about 16 boards across a 12 foot room, so the room reads open with few seams.
- Grande Petronas 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.