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Vision board · Warm modern
Hazel, from the Anderson Tuftex Imperial Pecan line, is a mid dark pecan hardwood with a golden undertone (measured from its own picture: LRV 15). Here, it’s paired with Creamy walls, Alabaster trim, and Upward on the cabinets, chosen by the numbers.
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Read from its own picture, not from a name.
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.
Hazel has a gentle movement from board to board (a spread of 2.0 in L*): calm, but not flat.
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.
Named colors with the maker's code and LRV, each linked to its page.
A soft neutral with a touch of warmth (hue 89°), so Hazel stays golden without turning yellow.
See it at Sherwin-WilliamsA soft neutral with a touch of warmth (hue 95°), so Hazel stays golden without turning yellow.
See it at Benjamin Moore68 points over Hazel in LRV and warm enough (chroma 5.3) to read white, not blue, beside its golden undertone.
See it at Sherwin-WilliamsA light color with some life in it, so cabinets float off Hazel (a 43 point step in LRV).
See it at Sherwin-WilliamsCabinets in Upward or Alabaster: a dark floor needs light cabinets to float above it.
| Role | Color | Maker and code | LRV | From the floor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floor | Hazel | Anderson Tuftex Imperial Pecan | 15 | |
| Walls | Creamy | Sherwin-Williams SW 7012 | 81.2 | +67 |
| Or walls | Revere Pewter | Benjamin Moore HC-172 | 55.1 | +41 |
| Trim and ceilings | Alabaster | Sherwin-Williams SW 7008 | 82.2 | +68 |
| Cabinets | Upward | Sherwin-Williams SW 6239 | 57.4 | +43 |
Contrast, not a match.
The palette put to work around Hazel.
The near misses, by the numbers.
About Hazel and color, answered from the numbers above.
Creamy (Sherwin-Williams SW 7012, LRV 81.2): a soft neutral with a touch of warmth (hue 89°), so Hazel stays golden without turning yellow. It sits 67 LRV points from the floor (LRV 15), more than the 30 points that keep a wall and a floor reading apart. Or Revere Pewter (Benjamin Moore HC-172, LRV 55.1).
Alabaster (Sherwin-Williams SW 7008, LRV 82.2): 68 points over Hazel in LRV and warm enough (chroma 5.3) to read white, not blue, beside its golden undertone.
Upward (Sherwin-Williams SW 6239, LRV 57.4): a light color with some life in it, so cabinets float off Hazel (a 43 point step in LRV). Cabinets in Upward or Alabaster: a dark floor needs light cabinets to float above it.
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 5.0 apart (CIEDE2000) and reads as a near miss.
Living room: Creamy walls and Alabaster trim around Hazel, a putty rug with an espresso border, a coffee table in a charcoal wood, aged brass lamps. Kitchen: Cabinets in Upward so they float off Hazel, Alabaster walls and trim, unlacquered brass pulls.
Mid dark: LRV 15 and L* 45, measured from its own picture, with a golden undertone. At LRV 15, Hazel 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.
Walls at the lightness of Hazel: Kendall Charcoal (Benjamin Moore HC-166, LRV 14.6) sits within a point of its LRV of 15, so wall and floor would blur into one. Wood that almost matches Hazel: a tone like our Nutmeg sample, 5.0 apart (CIEDE2000), reads as a near miss. Go clearly darker or lighter.
Light, size and wear, from the floor's own record.
At LRV 15, Hazel 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 7.5 inches a board, Hazel lays about 20 boards across a 12 foot room, so the room reads open with few seams.
Engineered hardwood: living spaces and bedrooms on every level, kept out of full baths.
What only this floor's data can say.
One of our most-asked-for floors: estimated 2 times since 2021.
Hazel is lighter than 39 percent of the 1,744 hardwood floors we carry, measured the same way, and warmer than 39 percent of them.
The same look in waterproof vinyl or laminate: Vickery Creek, Shaw Floors Dockside, only 0.5 apart in color (CIEDE2000).
To get this color on an oak floor you already have, the nearest of our stains is Nutmeg (5.0 apart, CIEDE2000, from our own photographs on red oak).
| Width | 7.5 in |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 1/2" |
| Edge | Micro bevel |
| Installation | Nail, staple, glue, floating |
| Species | Pecan |
| Construction | Engineered |
| Carton | 25.77 sq ft |
Every color, price and detail on its own page.
Hazel
Imperial Pecan · AA828-17036
Engineered hardwood · Pecan · 7.5 in
$7.89 per sq ft · $203.33 a carton
Material only. Delivery and installation extra.
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Powell Flooring, 1811 Union Valley Rd, West Milford, NJ 07480
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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.
Janka hardness from the USDA Forest Products Laboratory Wood Handbook (2021), Table 5-3b, at 12 percent moisture.
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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