# Midway Oak in a warm modern room

Midway Oak from the COREtec Originals Classics line is a dark vinyl plank with an amber undertone (measured from its own picture: LRV 12). Here it is with Extra White walls, Greek Villa trim, and Upward on the cabinets, 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.
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## The floor
- Midway Oak, COREtec Originals Classics: Waterproof vinyl plank · WPC · 7 in (SKU VV024-00716)
- Price: $6.29 per sq ft · $239.21 a carton. Material only. Delivery and installation extra.
- Every color and detail: https://www.powellflooring.com/floors/coretec/coretec-originals-classics-vv024/midway-oak

## Measured from its own picture
- LRV (light reflectance value, 0 black to 100 white): 12
- CIELAB (D65): L* 40.5, a* 11, b* 21.2, chroma 23.9, hue 62.6 degrees
- Undertone: an amber undertone, warm and a little orange
- Midway Oak has a gentle movement from board to board (a spread of 2.5 in L*): calm, but not flat.

## Paint
- Walls: Extra White (Sherwin-Williams SW 7006, LRV 85.9, +74.3 from the floor). Its undertone leans green (hue 118°), which quiets the orange in Midway Oak (hue 63°) instead of echoing it. Source: https://www.sherwin-williams.com/en-us/color/color-family/white-paint-colors/sw7006-extra-white/
- Or walls: Palladian Blue (Benjamin Moore HC-144, LRV 60.4, +48.8 from the floor). Its undertone leans green (hue 163°), which quiets the orange in Midway Oak (hue 63°) instead of echoing it. Source: https://www.benjaminmoore.com/en-us/paint-colors/color/hc-144/palladian-blue
- Trim and ceilings: Greek Villa (Sherwin-Williams SW 7551, LRV 84.2). 73 points over Midway Oak in LRV and warm enough (chroma 5.3) to read white, not blue, beside its amber undertone. Source: https://www.sherwin-williams.com/en-us/color/color-family/white-paint-colors/sw7551-greek-villa/
- Cabinets: Upward (Sherwin-Williams SW 6239, LRV 57.4). A light color with some life in it, so cabinets float off Midway Oak (a 46 point step in LRV). Source: https://www.sherwin-williams.com/en-us/color/color-family/blue-paint-colors/sw6239-upward/
- Cabinets in Upward or Greek Villa: a dark floor needs light cabinets to float above it.

## Wood, rugs and metals
- Wood a step darker: a charcoal wood, like our Royal Mahogany stain sample. About 15 points darker than Midway Oak in L* (26 against 41), far enough to read as a choice.
- Wood a step lighter: a light natural wood, like our Neutral stain sample. About 15 points lighter than Midway Oak in L* (56 against 41).
- Rug or fabric, tone on tone: putty (#b7a396). 11 in chroma, half the warmth of Midway Oak (24), and 28 points lighter in L*.
- Rug or fabric, across the wheel: mist blue (#9ab0bc). Hue 243°, straight across the color wheel from the 63° of Midway Oak, softened to balance it.
- Rug or fabric, grounding: linen (#e3d3c8). A light note at L* 86, 45 points from the 41 of Midway Oak, so a rug keeps its edge.
- Metal: aged brass. A warm metal that agrees with the amber undertone of Midway Oak (hue 63°).
- Metal: unlacquered brass. Left unsealed, it darkens with handling to a softer warm tone beside Extra White walls.
- Metal: matte black. Black works with every undertone; beside Midway Oak at LRV 12 it gives the room its outline.

## Room by room
- Living room: Extra White walls and Greek Villa trim around Midway Oak, a putty rug with a linen border, a coffee table in a charcoal wood, aged brass lamps.
- Kitchen: Cabinets in Upward so they float off Midway Oak, Greek Villa walls and trim, unlacquered brass pulls.
- Bedroom: Palladian Blue walls, bedding in putty with one mist blue pillow, nightstands in a light natural wood.
- Entry: A linen runner on Midway Oak, Upward on the front door, a matte black mirror.

## What to avoid
- Walls at the lightness of Midway Oak: Pewter Green (Sherwin-Williams SW 6208, LRV 11.8) sits within a point of its LRV of 12, so wall and floor would blur into one.
- Wood that almost matches Midway Oak: a tone like our Nutmeg sample, 2.8 apart (CIEDE2000), reads as a near miss. Go clearly darker or lighter.
- Pink or peach beige walls: they pull more orange out of the amber undertone of Midway Oak (hue 63°).

## The room it suits
- At LRV 12, Midway Oak is 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 inches a board, Midway Oak lays about 21 boards across a 12 foot room, so the room reads open with few seams.
- Midway Oak is waterproof, so it belongs in kitchens, baths, mudrooms and basements as well as living spaces.
- Wear layer: 20 mil (about 0.51 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.