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Maple Natural from the Shaw Floors Ocala line is a mid tone maple hardwood with a golden undertone, measured from its own picture as LRV 39. Here it is with Snowbound walls, Alabaster trim, and Newburg Green as the deep note, 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.
The grain and color of Maple Natural move from board to board (a spread of 5.6 in L*), which helps hide everyday wear.
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 87°), so Maple Natural stays golden without turning yellow.
See it at Sherwin-WilliamsA soft neutral with a touch of warmth (hue 110°), so Maple Natural stays golden without turning yellow.
See it at Benjamin Moore44 points over Maple Natural in LRV and warm enough (chroma 5.3) to read white, not blue, beside its golden undertone.
See it at Sherwin-WilliamsDeep and cool, about 160° around the color wheel from Maple Natural and 28 points darker in LRV, so each makes the other look richer.
See it at Benjamin MooreLower cabinets or an island in Newburg Green, uppers and trim in Alabaster. The floor at LRV 39 sits between the two (11 and 82).
| Role | Color | Maker and code | LRV | From the floor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floor | Maple Natural | Shaw Floors Ocala | 39 | |
| Walls | Snowbound | Sherwin-Williams SW 7004 | 82.8 | +44 |
| Or walls | Simply White | Benjamin Moore OC-117 | 89.5 | +51 |
| Trim and ceilings | Alabaster | Sherwin-Williams SW 7008 | 82.2 | +44 |
| The deep note | Newburg Green | Benjamin Moore HC-158 | 10.6 | -28 |
Contrast, not a match.
The near misses, by the numbers.
About Maple Natural and color, answered from the numbers above.
Snowbound (Sherwin-Williams SW 7004, LRV 82.8): a soft neutral with a touch of warmth (hue 87°), so Maple Natural stays golden without turning yellow. It sits 44 LRV points from the floor (LRV 39), more than the 30 points that keep a wall and a floor reading apart. Or Simply White (Benjamin Moore OC-117, LRV 89.5).
Alabaster (Sherwin-Williams SW 7008, LRV 82.2): 44 points over Maple Natural in LRV and warm enough (chroma 5.3) to read white, not blue, beside its golden undertone.
Newburg Green (Benjamin Moore HC-158, LRV 10.6): deep and cool, about 160° around the color wheel from Maple Natural and 28 points darker in LRV, so each makes the other look richer. Lower cabinets or an island in Newburg Green, uppers and trim in Alabaster. The floor at LRV 39 sits between the two (11 and 82).
Contrast, not a match: a step darker: a honey tone (like our Warm Gray stain sample), or a step lighter: black or painted pieces. A wood like our Natural sample is only 5.5 apart (CIEDE2000) and reads as a near miss.
Mid tone: LRV 39 and L* 68, measured from its own picture, with a golden undertone. At LRV 39, Maple Natural 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.
Walls at the lightness of Maple Natural: Jockey Hollow Gray (Benjamin Moore HC-108, LRV 39.5) sits within a point of its LRV of 39, so wall and floor would blur into one. Wood that almost matches Maple Natural: a tone like our Natural sample, 5.5 apart (CIEDE2000), reads as a near miss. Go clearly darker or lighter.
Light, size and wear, from the floor's own record.
At LRV 39, Maple Natural 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 5 inches a board, Maple Natural lays about 29 boards across a 12 foot room.
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 3 times, chosen 3 times since 2024.
Maple Natural is lighter than 82 percent of the 1,744 hardwood floors we carry, measured the same way, and warmer than 97 percent of them.
The same look in waterproof vinyl or laminate: Coastal Wheat, Stanton Arcadia, only 3.3 apart in color (CIEDE2000).
To get this color on an oak floor you already have, the nearest of our stains is Natural (5.5 apart, CIEDE2000, from our own photographs on red oak).
| Width | 5 in |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 3/8" |
| Edge | Pillowed |
| Installation | Nail, staple, glue, floating |
| Species | Maple |
| Construction | Engineered |
| Carton | 23.66 sq ft |
Every color, price and detail on its own page.
Maple Natural
Ocala · SW590-00130
Engineered hardwood · Maple · 5 in
$5.19 per sq ft · $122.80 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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