# Natural White Oak in a warm modern room

Natural White Oak from the Shaw Floors Reflections White Oak line is a mid tone white oak hardwood with an amber undertone (measured from its own picture: LRV 26). Here it is with Extra White walls, Greek Villa trim, and Newburg Green as the deep note, 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
- Natural White Oak, Shaw Floors Reflections White Oak: Engineered hardwood · White oak · 7 in (SKU SW661-01079)
- Price: $9.09 per sq ft · $214.34 a carton. Material only. Delivery and installation extra.
- Every color and detail: https://www.powellflooring.com/floors/shawfloors/reflections-white-oak/natural

## Measured from its own picture
- LRV (light reflectance value, 0 black to 100 white): 26
- CIELAB (D65): L* 58.3, a* 12.1, b* 27.2, chroma 29.8, hue 66 degrees
- Undertone: an amber undertone, warm and a little orange
- The grain and color of Natural White Oak move from board to board (a spread of 4.7 in L*), which helps hide everyday wear.

## Paint
- Walls: Extra White (Sherwin-Williams SW 7006, LRV 85.9, +59.7 from the floor). Its undertone leans green (hue 118°), which quiets the orange in Natural White Oak (hue 66°) 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, +34.2 from the floor). Its undertone leans green (hue 163°), which quiets the orange in Natural White Oak (hue 66°) 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). 58 points over Natural White 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/
- Deep note: Newburg Green (Benjamin Moore HC-158, LRV 10.6). Deep and cool, about 168° around the color wheel from Natural White Oak and 16 points darker in LRV, so each makes the other look richer. Source: https://www.benjaminmoore.com/en-us/paint-colors/color/hc-158/newburg-green
- Lower cabinets or an island in Newburg Green, uppers and trim in Greek Villa. The floor at LRV 26 sits between the two (11 and 84).

## Wood, rugs and metals
- Wood a step darker: a mid brown wood, like our Chestnut stain sample. About 20 points darker than Natural White Oak in L* (38 against 58), far enough to read as a choice.
- Wood a step lighter: a pale, bleached wood, like our Country White stain sample. About 13 points lighter than Natural White Oak in L* (72 against 58).
- Rug or fabric, tone on tone: oatmeal (#ecd4c1). 13 in chroma, half the warmth of Natural White Oak (30), and 28 points lighter in L*.
- Rug or fabric, across the wheel: graphite (#41535f). Hue 246°, straight across the color wheel from the 66° of Natural White Oak, softened to balance it.
- Rug or fabric, grounding: walnut brown (#4f4034). A deep note at L* 28, 30 points from the 58 of Natural White Oak, so a rug keeps its edge.
- Metal: aged brass. A warm metal that agrees with the amber undertone of Natural White Oak (hue 66°).
- 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 Natural White Oak at LRV 26 it gives the room its outline.

## Room by room
- Living room: Extra White walls and Greek Villa trim around Natural White Oak, an oatmeal rug with a walnut brown border, a coffee table in a mid brown wood, aged brass lamps.
- Kitchen: Newburg Green on the island or the lower cabinets, Greek Villa uppers, unlacquered brass pulls, Natural White Oak underfoot.
- Bedroom: Palladian Blue walls, bedding in oatmeal with one graphite pillow, nightstands in a pale, bleached wood.
- Entry: A walnut brown runner on Natural White Oak, Newburg Green on the front door, a matte black mirror.

## What to avoid
- Walls at the lightness of Natural White Oak: Evergreen Fog (Sherwin-Williams SW 9130, LRV 30.4) sits 4 points from its LRV of 26, so wall and floor would blur into one.
- Wood that almost matches Natural White Oak: a tone like our Neutral sample, 2.3 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 Natural White Oak (hue 66°).

## The room it suits
- At LRV 26, 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.
- Hardness: White oak: Janka 1,360 lbf (the force to press a steel ball halfway into the wood; a higher number dents less under heels and chair legs)
- Construction: Engineered (a real wood face over a stable core, so it moves less with the seasons)

## 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.
- Janka hardness from the USDA Forest Products Laboratory Wood Handbook (2021), Table 5-3b, at 12 percent moisture.