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Vision board · Warm modern
Millet, 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 is with Revere Pewter 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.
It has a gentle movement from board to board (a spread of 1.9 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 95°), so the floor stays golden without turning yellow.
See it at Benjamin MooreA soft neutral with a touch of warmth (hue 93°), so the floor stays golden without turning yellow.
See it at Sherwin-WilliamsA white with a little warmth (chroma 5.3), so trim does not look blue beside a warm floor.
See it at Sherwin-WilliamsA light color with some life in it, so cabinets float off a dark floor (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 | Millet | Anderson Tuftex Imperial Pecan | 15 | |
| Walls | Revere Pewter | Benjamin Moore HC-172 | 55.1 | +41 |
| Or walls | Dover White | Sherwin-Williams SW 6385 | 82.5 | +68 |
| 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 near misses, by the numbers.
About Millet and color, answered from the numbers above.
Revere Pewter (Benjamin Moore HC-172, LRV 55.1): a soft neutral with a touch of warmth (hue 95°), so the floor stays golden without turning yellow. It sits 41 LRV points from the floor (LRV 15), more than the 30 points that keep a wall and a floor reading apart. Or Dover White (Sherwin-Williams SW 6385, LRV 82.5).
Alabaster (Sherwin-Williams SW 7008, LRV 82.2): a white with a little warmth (chroma 5.3), so trim does not look blue beside a warm floor.
Upward (Sherwin-Williams SW 6239, LRV 57.4): a light color with some life in it, so cabinets float off a dark floor (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 3.0 apart (CIEDE2000) and reads as a near miss.
Mid dark: LRV 15 and L* 45, measured from its own picture, with a golden undertone. An LRV of 15 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 floor's own lightness: Kendall Charcoal (Benjamin Moore HC-166, LRV 14.6) sits within a point of this floor, so wall and floor would blur into one. Wood that almost matches: a table in a tone like our Nutmeg stain sample is only 3.0 apart (CIEDE2000) and reads as a near miss. Go clearly darker or lighter.
Light, size and wear, from the floor's own record.
An LRV of 15 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.
Across a 12 foot room it lays about 20 boards, 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 8 times, chosen 8 times since 2025.
The same look in waterproof vinyl or laminate: Almond Bark, Stanton Old World, only 0.7 apart in color (CIEDE2000).
To get this color on an oak floor you already have, the nearest of our stains is Nutmeg (3.0 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.
Millet
Imperial Pecan · AA828-17058
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
Monday to Friday, 10am to 4pm · Open later by request
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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