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Vision board · Warm modern
Monterey Oak from the COREtec Pro Classics line is a mid dark vinyl plank with a golden undertone, measured from its own picture with LRV 15. Here it is with Pure White 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.
The grain and color of Monterey Oak move from board to board (a spread of 3.2 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 103°), so Monterey Oak stays golden without turning yellow.
See it at Sherwin-WilliamsA soft neutral with a touch of warmth (hue 95°), so Monterey Oak stays golden without turning yellow.
See it at Benjamin Moore68 points over Monterey Oak 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 Monterey Oak (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 | Monterey Oak | COREtec Pro Classics | 15 | |
| Walls | Pure White | Sherwin-Williams SW 7005 | 84 | +70 |
| 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 Monterey Oak.
The near misses, by the numbers.
About Monterey Oak and color, answered from the numbers above.
Pure White (Sherwin-Williams SW 7005, LRV 84): a soft neutral with a touch of warmth (hue 103°), so Monterey Oak stays golden without turning yellow. It sits 70 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 Monterey Oak 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 Monterey Oak (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 2.9 apart (CIEDE2000) and reads as a near miss.
Living room: Pure White walls and Alabaster trim around Monterey Oak, 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 Monterey Oak, 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, Monterey Oak 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 Monterey Oak: 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 Monterey Oak: a tone like our Nutmeg sample, 2.9 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, Monterey Oak 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 inches a board, Monterey Oak lays about 21 boards across a 12 foot room, so the room reads open with few seams.
Monterey Oak is waterproof, so it belongs in kitchens, baths, mudrooms and basements as well as living spaces.
What only this floor's data can say.
One of our most-asked-for floors: estimated 6 times, chosen 6 times since 2025.
Monterey Oak is lighter than 24 percent of the 1,197 vinyl floors we carry, measured the same way, and warmer than 89 percent of them.
The same look in real wood: Trellis, Shaw Floors Arbor Place, only 1.3 apart in color (CIEDE2000).
To get this color on an oak floor you already have, the nearest of our stains is Nutmeg (2.9 apart, CIEDE2000, from our own photographs on red oak).
| Width | 7 in |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 0.196" |
| Wear layer | 20 mil |
| Finish | UV Acrylic |
| Edge | Micro bevel |
| Installation | Floating or direct glue |
| Core | SPC |
| Construction | COREtec Residential SPC |
| Carton | 28.84 sq ft |
| Water | Waterproof (the maker's word) |
Every color, price and detail on its own page.
Monterey Oak
COREtec Pro Classics · VV017-01004
Waterproof vinyl plank · SPC · 7 in
$4.09 per sq ft · $117.96 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.
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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