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Vision board · Warm modern
Natural Walnut, from the Robbins Timber Legends 8-1/2" Walnut line, is a mid dark walnut hardwood with an amber undertone (LRV 14, measured from its own picture). Here it is with Edgecomb Gray walls, Swiss Coffee trim, and Upward on the cabinets, chosen by the numbers.
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Read from its own picture, not from a name.
An amber undertone, warm and a little orange. 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 Natural Walnut move from board to board (a spread of 3.9 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.
Its undertone leans green (hue 94°), which quiets the orange in Natural Walnut (hue 55°) instead of echoing it.
See it at Benjamin MooreIts undertone leans green (hue 133°), which quiets the orange in Natural Walnut (hue 55°) instead of echoing it.
See it at Sherwin-Williams68 points over Natural Walnut in LRV and warm enough (chroma 5.7) to read white, not blue, beside its amber undertone.
See it at Benjamin MooreA light color with some life in it, so cabinets float off Natural Walnut (a 44 point step in LRV).
See it at Sherwin-WilliamsCabinets in Upward or Swiss Coffee: a dark floor needs light cabinets to float above it.
| Role | Color | Maker and code | LRV | From the floor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floor | Natural Walnut | Robbins Timber Legends 8-1/2" Walnut | 14 | |
| Walls | Edgecomb Gray | Benjamin Moore HC-173 | 63.1 | +49 |
| Or walls | Sea Salt | Sherwin-Williams SW 6204 | 63.2 | +49 |
| Trim and ceilings | Swiss Coffee | Benjamin Moore OC-45 | 81.9 | +68 |
| Cabinets | Upward | Sherwin-Williams SW 6239 | 57.4 | +44 |
Contrast, not a match.
The palette put to work around Natural Walnut.
The near misses, by the numbers.
About Natural Walnut and color, answered from the numbers above.
Edgecomb Gray (Benjamin Moore HC-173, LRV 63.1): its undertone leans green (hue 94°), which quiets the orange in Natural Walnut (hue 55°) instead of echoing it. It sits 49 LRV points from the floor (LRV 14), more than the 30 points that keep a wall and a floor reading apart. Or Sea Salt (Sherwin-Williams SW 6204, LRV 63.2).
Swiss Coffee (Benjamin Moore OC-45, LRV 81.9): 68 points over Natural Walnut in LRV and warm enough (chroma 5.7) to read white, not blue, beside its amber undertone.
Upward (Sherwin-Williams SW 6239, LRV 57.4): a light color with some life in it, so cabinets float off Natural Walnut (a 44 point step in LRV). Cabinets in Upward or Swiss Coffee: 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 Early American sample is only 1.6 apart (CIEDE2000) and reads as a near miss.
Living room: Edgecomb Gray walls and Swiss Coffee trim around Natural Walnut, a blush rug with an espresso border, a coffee table in a charcoal wood, aged brass lamps. Kitchen: Cabinets in Upward so they float off Natural Walnut, Swiss Coffee walls and trim, unlacquered brass pulls.
Mid dark: LRV 14 and L* 44, measured from its own picture, with an amber undertone. At LRV 14, Natural Walnut 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 Natural Walnut: Rosemary (Sherwin-Williams SW 6187, LRV 13.6) sits within a point of its LRV of 14, so wall and floor would blur into one. Wood that almost matches Natural Walnut: a tone like our Early American sample, 1.6 apart (CIEDE2000), reads as a near miss. Go clearly darker or lighter.
Light, size and wear, from the floor's own record.
At LRV 14, Natural Walnut 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 8.5 inches a board, Natural Walnut lays about 17 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.
Natural Walnut is lighter than 37 percent of the 1,744 hardwood floors we carry, measured the same way, and warmer than 64 percent of them.
The same look in waterproof vinyl or laminate: Cloves, Fifth and Main Symbiotic 5.0, only 2.3 apart in color (CIEDE2000).
To get this color on an oak floor you already have, the nearest of our stains is Early American (1.6 apart, CIEDE2000, from our own photographs on red oak).
| Width | 8.5 in |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 1/2" |
| Wear layer | 3 mm |
| Finish | Urethane |
| Installation | Staple with glue assist |
| Species | Walnut |
| Construction | Engineered Hardwood |
| Carton | 32 sq ft |
Every color, price and detail on its own page.
Natural Walnut
Timber Legends 8-1/2" Walnut · HPEW801W
Engineered hardwood · Walnut · 8.5 in
$12.49 per sq ft · $399.68 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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