# Olive Tree in a modern farmhouse room

Olive Tree, from the Shaw Floors Pantheon HD+ NATURAL BEVEL line, is a mid dark vinyl plank with a golden undertone and an LRV of 18, measured from its own picture. Here it is with Dover White walls, Greek Villa trim and Upward on the cabinets, 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.
Page: https://www.powellflooring.com/vision-boards/olive-tree-modern-farmhouse

## The floor
- Olive Tree, Shaw Floors Pantheon HD+ NATURAL BEVEL: Waterproof vinyl plank · WPC · 7 in (SKU 1051V-06013)
- Price: $6.49 per sq ft · $122.08 a carton. Material only. Delivery and installation extra.
- Every color and detail: https://www.powellflooring.com/floors/shawfloors/pantheon-hd-plus-natural-bevel/olive-tree

## Measured from its own picture
- LRV (light reflectance value, 0 black to 100 white): 18
- CIELAB (D65): L* 49.8, a* 7.9, b* 22.1, chroma 23.5, hue 70.4 degrees
- Undertone: a golden undertone, warm without leaning red
- The grain and color of Olive Tree move from board to board (a spread of 3.0 in L*), which helps hide everyday wear.

## Paint
- Walls: Dover White (Sherwin-Williams SW 6385, LRV 82.5, +64.3 from the floor). A soft neutral with a touch of warmth (hue 93°), so Olive Tree stays golden without turning yellow. Source: https://www.sherwin-williams.com/en-us/color/color-family/white-paint-colors/sw6385-dover-white/
- Or walls: Simply White (Benjamin Moore OC-117, LRV 89.5, +71.3 from the floor). A soft neutral with a touch of warmth (hue 110°), so Olive Tree stays golden without turning yellow. Source: https://www.benjaminmoore.com/en-us/paint-colors/color/oc-117/simply-white
- Trim and ceilings: Greek Villa (Sherwin-Williams SW 7551, LRV 84.2). 66 points over Olive Tree in LRV and warm enough (chroma 5.3) to read white, not blue, beside its golden undertone. Source: https://www.sherwin-williams.com/en-us/color/color-family/white-paint-colors/sw7551-greek-villa/
- Cabinets: Upward (Sherwin-Williams SW 6239, LRV 57.4). A light color with some life in it, so cabinets float off Olive Tree (a 39 point step in LRV). Source: https://www.sherwin-williams.com/en-us/color/color-family/blue-paint-colors/sw6239-upward/
- Cabinets in Upward or Greek Villa: a dark floor needs light cabinets to float above it.

## Wood, rugs and metals
- Wood a step darker: a charcoal wood, like our Ebony stain sample. About 21 points darker than Olive Tree in L* (29 against 50), far enough to read as a choice.
- Wood a step lighter: a pale, bleached wood, like our Natural stain sample. About 17 points lighter than Olive Tree in L* (67 against 50).
- Rug or fabric, tone on tone: putty (#cfbdae). 11 in chroma, half the warmth of Olive Tree (23), and 28 points lighter in L*.
- Rug or fabric, across the wheel: mist blue (#b1c3d2). Hue 250°, straight across the color wheel from the 70° of Olive Tree, softened to balance it.
- Rug or fabric, grounding: espresso (#392f25). A deep note at L* 20, 30 points from the 50 of Olive Tree, so a rug keeps its edge.
- Metal: matte black. Black works with every undertone; beside Olive Tree at LRV 18 it gives the room its outline.
- Metal: aged brass. A warm metal that agrees with the golden undertone of Olive Tree (hue 70°).
- Metal: unlacquered brass. Left unsealed, it darkens with handling to a softer warm tone beside Dover White walls.

## Room by room
- Living room: Dover White walls and Greek Villa trim, a putty rug with an espresso edge on Olive Tree, a coffee table in a charcoal wood.
- Kitchen: Cabinets in Upward so they float off Olive Tree, Greek Villa walls and trim, aged brass pulls.
- Dining room: A table in a charcoal wood on Olive Tree, chairs in a pale, bleached wood, aged brass pendants.
- Bedroom: Simply White walls, putty linen, a mist blue quilt, unlacquered brass on the lamps.

## What to avoid
- Walls at the lightness of Olive Tree: Gauntlet Gray (Sherwin-Williams SW 7019, LRV 17.4) sits within a point of its LRV of 18, so wall and floor would blur into one.
- Wood that almost matches Olive Tree: a tone like our Fruitwood sample, 3.4 apart (CIEDE2000), reads as a near miss. Go clearly darker or lighter.
- Walls that lean yellow: yellow on yellow flattens the golden undertone of Olive Tree (hue 70°).

## The room it suits
- At LRV 18, Olive Tree 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, Olive Tree lays about 21 boards across a 12 foot room, so the room reads open with few seams.
- Olive Tree is waterproof, so it belongs in kitchens, baths, mudrooms and basements as well as living spaces.
- Wear layer: 20 mil (about 0.51 mm of clear protection over the printed wood, the part that takes the traffic)
- Core: WPC, a wood plastic composite core (a little softer and quieter underfoot)
- Finish: ScufResist®
- Water: Waterproof (the maker's word) (wet mopping is fine; a flood is not)

## 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.