# Silver Dollar in a Japandi room

Silver Dollar, from the Shaw Floors Paladin Plus line, is a very light vinyl plank with a soft greige undertone (LRV 55, measured from its own picture). Here it is with Cloud White walls, Swiss Coffee trim, and Sage Green Light 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
- Silver Dollar, Shaw Floors Paladin Plus: Waterproof vinyl plank · SPC · 7 in (SKU 0278V-01055)
- Price: $3.89 per sq ft · $73.56 a carton. Material only. Delivery and installation extra.
- Every color and detail: https://www.powellflooring.com/floors/shawfloors/paladin-plus/silver-dollar

## Measured from its own picture
- LRV (light reflectance value, 0 black to 100 white): 55
- CIELAB (D65): L* 79.1, a* 1.3, b* 11.6, chroma 11.6, hue 83.6 degrees
- Undertone: a greige: soft gray with a little warmth
- Silver Dollar is calm and even from board to board (a spread of 1.5 in L*), so it reads as one quiet plane.

## Paint
- Walls: Cloud White (Benjamin Moore OC-130, LRV 85.1, +30.1 from the floor). A warm white or greige in the same soft family as Silver Dollar (hue 106° against its 84°). Source: https://www.benjaminmoore.com/en-us/paint-colors/color/oc-130/cloud-white
- Or walls: Simply White (Benjamin Moore OC-117, LRV 89.5, +34.5 from the floor). A warm white or greige in the same soft family as Silver Dollar (hue 110° against its 84°). Source: https://www.benjaminmoore.com/en-us/paint-colors/color/oc-117/simply-white
- Trim and ceilings: Swiss Coffee (Benjamin Moore OC-45, LRV 81.9). 27 points over Silver Dollar in LRV and warm enough (chroma 5.7) to read white, not blue, beside its greige undertone. Source: https://www.benjaminmoore.com/en-us/paint-colors/color/oc-45/swiss-coffee
- Deep note: Sage Green Light (Sherwin-Williams SW 2851, LRV 16.1). Deep and quiet, 39 points darker than Silver Dollar in LRV, a frame for a greige floor. Source: https://www.sherwin-williams.com
- Lower cabinets or an island in Sage Green Light, uppers and trim in Swiss Coffee. The floor at LRV 55 sits between the two (16 and 82).

## Wood, rugs and metals
- Wood a step darker: a light natural wood, like our Silvered Gray stain sample. About 18 points darker than Silver Dollar in L* (61 against 79), far enough to read as a choice.
- Wood a step lighter: black or painted pieces. Silver Dollar is lighter than any wood stain we photographed (L* 79), so contrast comes from black, painted or upholstered pieces.
- Rug or fabric, tone on tone: pewter (#6f6a62). 5 in chroma, half the warmth of Silver Dollar (12), and 34 points darker in L*.
- Rug or fabric, across the wheel: slate blue (#798595). Hue 264°, straight across the color wheel from the 84° of Silver Dollar, softened to balance it.
- Rug or fabric, grounding: taupe (#78746e). A deep note at L* 49, 30 points from the 79 of Silver Dollar, so a rug keeps its edge.
- Metal: matte black. Black works with every undertone; beside Silver Dollar at LRV 55 it gives the room its outline.
- Metal: champagne bronze. A warm metal that agrees with the greige undertone of Silver Dollar (hue 84°).
- Metal: brushed nickel. A soft satin nickel, quieter than chrome, for the greige of Silver Dollar.

## Room by room
- Living room: Cloud White walls and Swiss Coffee trim, black or painted a low table on Silver Dollar, a pewter rug, one slate blue cushion.
- Kitchen: Swiss Coffee cabinets, Sage Green Light on the island or one wall, matte black pulls, Silver Dollar underfoot.
- Bedroom: Simply White walls, a low bed in a light natural wood, pewter linen, champagne bronze in small doses.
- Entry: Black or painted a bench, a taupe mat on Silver Dollar, brushed nickel hooks.

## What to avoid
- Walls at the lightness of Silver Dollar: Revere Pewter (Benjamin Moore HC-172, LRV 55.1) sits within a point of its LRV of 55, so wall and floor would blur into one.
- Stark blue whites everywhere: a greige floor like Silver Dollar turns muddy beside them. Keep the whites a little warm.

## The room it suits
- At LRV 55, Silver Dollar is very light: it bounces light back into the room, suits north facing rooms, basements and small rooms, and shows dark grit more than lint.
- At 7 inches a board, Silver Dollar lays about 21 boards across a 12 foot room, so the room reads open with few seams.
- Silver Dollar is waterproof, so it belongs in kitchens, baths, mudrooms and basements as well as living spaces.
- Wear layer: 12 mil (about 0.30 mm of clear protection over the printed wood, the part that takes the traffic)
- Core: SPC, a rigid stone polymer core (firm underfoot and resists dents from furniture)
- 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.