# Smokey Oak in a Japandi room

Smokey Oak from the Legacy Flooring Collection Toucan 9 in line is a mid tone vinyl plank with a soft greige undertone (measured from its own picture: LRV 26). It’s shown with Crushed Ice walls, Greek Villa trim and Lafayette 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
- Smokey Oak, Legacy Flooring Collection Toucan 9 in: Waterproof vinyl plank · SPC · 9 in (SKU W8398)
- Price: $4.25 per sq ft · $127.93 a carton. Material only. Delivery and installation extra.
- Every color and detail: https://www.powellflooring.com/floors/legacy/toucan-9-in/smokey-oak

## Measured from its own picture
- LRV (light reflectance value, 0 black to 100 white): 26
- CIELAB (D65): L* 57.8, a* 2.6, b* 10.4, chroma 10.7, hue 76 degrees
- Undertone: a greige: soft gray with a little warmth
- Smokey Oak has a gentle movement from board to board (a spread of 1.9 in L*): calm, but not flat.

## Paint
- Walls: Crushed Ice (Sherwin-Williams SW 7647, LRV 65.5, +39.7 from the floor). A warm white or greige in the same soft family as Smokey Oak (hue 93° against its 76°). Source: https://www.sherwin-williams.com/en-us/color/color-family/white-paint-colors/sw7647-crushed-ice/
- Or walls: Edgecomb Gray (Benjamin Moore HC-173, LRV 63.1, +37.3 from the floor). A warm white or greige in the same soft family as Smokey Oak (hue 94° against its 76°). Source: https://www.benjaminmoore.com/en-us/paint-colors/color/hc-173/edgecomb-gray
- Trim and ceilings: Greek Villa (Sherwin-Williams SW 7551, LRV 84.2). 58 points over Smokey Oak in LRV and warm enough (chroma 5.3) to read white, not blue, beside its greige undertone. Source: https://www.sherwin-williams.com/en-us/color/color-family/white-paint-colors/sw7551-greek-villa/
- Deep note: Lafayette Green (Benjamin Moore HC-135, LRV 10.5). Deep and quiet, 15 points darker than Smokey Oak in LRV, a frame for a greige floor. Source: https://www.benjaminmoore.com/en-us/paint-colors/color/hc-135/lafayette-green
- Lower cabinets or an island in Lafayette 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 19 points darker than Smokey 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 14 points lighter than Smokey Oak in L* (72 against 58).
- Rug or fabric, tone on tone: fog gray (#ddd5ce). 5 in chroma, half the warmth of Smokey Oak (11), and 28 points lighter in L*.
- Rug or fabric, across the wheel: graphite (#42515f). Hue 256°, straight across the color wheel from the 76° of Smokey Oak, softened to balance it.
- Rug or fabric, grounding: charcoal (#45413c). A deep note at L* 28, 30 points from the 58 of Smokey Oak, so a rug keeps its edge.
- Metal: matte black. Black works with every undertone; beside Smokey Oak at LRV 26 it gives the room its outline.
- Metal: champagne bronze. A warm metal that agrees with the greige undertone of Smokey Oak (hue 76°).
- Metal: brushed nickel. A soft satin nickel, quieter than chrome, for the greige of Smokey Oak.

## Room by room
- Living room: Crushed Ice walls and Greek Villa trim, a low table in a pale, bleached wood on Smokey Oak, a fog gray rug, one graphite cushion.
- Kitchen: Greek Villa cabinets, Lafayette Green on the island or one wall, matte black pulls, Smokey Oak underfoot.
- Bedroom: Edgecomb Gray walls, a low bed in a mid brown wood, fog gray linen, champagne bronze in small doses.
- Entry: A bench in a pale, bleached wood, a charcoal mat on Smokey Oak, brushed nickel hooks.

## What to avoid
- Walls at the lightness of Smokey Oak: Evergreen Fog (Sherwin-Williams SW 9130, LRV 30.4) sits 5 points from its LRV of 26, so wall and floor would blur into one.
- Wood that almost matches Smokey Oak: a tone like our Rustic Beige sample, 6.1 apart (CIEDE2000), reads as a near miss. Go clearly darker or lighter.
- Stark blue whites everywhere: a greige floor like Smokey Oak turns muddy beside them. Keep the whites a little warm.

## The room it suits
- At LRV 26, Smokey 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 9 inches a board, Smokey Oak lays about 16 boards across a 12 foot room, so the room reads open with few seams.
- Smokey Oak 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: SPC, a rigid stone polymer core (firm underfoot and resists dents from furniture)
- 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.