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Natural White Oak, from the Shaw Floors Natural Classics White Oak 7" line, is a mid tone white oak hardwood with a golden undertone (measured from its own picture: LRV 38). Here it is with Cloud White walls, Swiss Coffee trim and Caviar 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.
Natural White Oak has a gentle movement from board to board (a spread of 2.0 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 106°), so Natural White Oak stays golden without turning yellow.
See it at Benjamin MooreA soft neutral with a touch of warmth (hue 93°), so Natural White Oak stays golden without turning yellow.
See it at Sherwin-Williams44 points over Natural White Oak in LRV and warm enough (chroma 5.7) to read white, not blue, beside its golden undertone.
See it at Benjamin MooreDeep and quiet, 35 points darker than Natural White Oak in LRV, a frame for a golden floor.
See it at Sherwin-WilliamsLower cabinets or an island in Caviar, uppers and trim in Swiss Coffee. The floor at LRV 38 sits between the two (3 and 82).
| Role | Color | Maker and code | LRV | From the floor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floor | Natural White Oak | Shaw Floors Natural Classics White Oak 7" | 38 | |
| Walls | Cloud White | Benjamin Moore OC-130 | 85.1 | +47 |
| Or walls | Dover White | Sherwin-Williams SW 6385 | 82.5 | +44 |
| Trim and ceilings | Swiss Coffee | Benjamin Moore OC-45 | 81.9 | +44 |
| The deep note | Caviar | Sherwin-Williams SW 6990 | 3 | -35 |
Contrast, not a match.
The near misses, by the numbers.
About Natural White Oak and color, answered from the numbers above.
Cloud White (Benjamin Moore OC-130, LRV 85.1): a soft neutral with a touch of warmth (hue 106°), so Natural White Oak stays golden without turning yellow. It sits 47 LRV points from the floor (LRV 38), more than the 30 points that keep a wall and a floor reading apart. Or Dover White (Sherwin-Williams SW 6385, LRV 82.5).
Swiss Coffee (Benjamin Moore OC-45, LRV 81.9): 44 points over Natural White Oak in LRV and warm enough (chroma 5.7) to read white, not blue, beside its golden undertone.
Caviar (Sherwin-Williams SW 6990, LRV 3): deep and quiet, 35 points darker than Natural White Oak in LRV, a frame for a golden floor. Lower cabinets or an island in Caviar, uppers and trim in Swiss Coffee. The floor at LRV 38 sits between the two (3 and 82).
Contrast, not a match: a step darker: a warm gray brown wood (like our Warm Gray stain sample), or a step lighter: black or painted pieces. A wood like our Natural sample is only 4.8 apart (CIEDE2000) and reads as a near miss.
Mid tone: LRV 38 and L* 68, measured from its own picture, with a golden undertone. At LRV 38, Natural White Oak 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 Natural White Oak: Jockey Hollow Gray (Benjamin Moore HC-108, LRV 39.5) sits within a point of its LRV of 38, so wall and floor would blur into one. Wood that almost matches Natural White Oak: a tone like our Natural sample, 4.8 apart (CIEDE2000), reads as a near miss. Go clearly darker or lighter.
Light, size and wear, from the floor's own record.
At LRV 38, Natural White Oak 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 7 inches a board, Natural White Oak lays about 21 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 White Oak is lighter than 81 percent of the 1,744 hardwood floors we carry, measured the same way, and warmer than 70 percent of them.
The same look in waterproof vinyl or laminate: Stonehenge, Stanton Colonial, only 1.7 apart in color (CIEDE2000).
To get this color on an oak floor you already have, the nearest of our stains is Natural (4.8 apart, CIEDE2000, from our own photographs on red oak).
| Width | 7 in |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 9/16" |
| Edge | Micro bevel |
| Installation | Nail, staple, glue, floating |
| Species | White oak |
| Construction | Engineered |
| Carton | 29.12 sq ft |
Every color, price and detail on its own page.
Natural White Oak
Natural Classics White Oak 7" · SW765-01147
Engineered hardwood · White oak · 7 in
$9.79 per sq ft · $285.08 a carton
Material only. Delivery and installation extra.
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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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