# Springfield Oak in a modern farmhouse room

Springfield Oak from the COREtec Pro Classics line is a mid tone vinyl plank with an amber undertone (LRV 34, measured from its own picture). Here it is with Simply White walls, Alabaster 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.
Page: https://www.powellflooring.com/vision-boards/springfield-oak-modern-farmhouse

## The floor
- Springfield Oak, COREtec Pro Classics: Waterproof vinyl plank · SPC · 7 in (SKU VV017-01020)
- Price: $4.09 per sq ft · $117.96 a carton. Material only. Delivery and installation extra.
- Every color and detail: https://www.powellflooring.com/floors/coretec/coretec-pro-classics-vv017/springfield-oak

## Measured from its own picture
- LRV (light reflectance value, 0 black to 100 white): 34
- CIELAB (D65): L* 65.1, a* 7.1, b* 15, chroma 16.6, hue 64.6 degrees
- Undertone: an amber undertone, warm and a little orange
- It is calm and even from board to board (a spread of 1.5 in L*), so it reads as one quiet plane.

## Paint
- Walls: Simply White (Benjamin Moore OC-117, LRV 89.5, +55.3 from the floor). Its undertone leans green (hue 110°), which quiets the orange in the floor instead of echoing it. Source: https://www.benjaminmoore.com/en-us/paint-colors/color/oc-117/simply-white
- Or walls: Dover White (Sherwin-Williams SW 6385, LRV 82.5, +48.3 from the floor). Its undertone leans green (hue 93°), which quiets the orange in the floor instead of echoing it. Source: https://www.sherwin-williams.com/en-us/color/color-family/white-paint-colors/sw6385-dover-white/
- Trim and ceilings: Alabaster (Sherwin-Williams SW 7008, LRV 82.2). A white with a little warmth (chroma 5.3), so trim does not look blue beside a warm floor. Source: https://www.sherwin-williams.com/en-us/color/color-family/white-paint-colors/sw7008-alabaster/
- Deep note: Newburg Green (Benjamin Moore HC-158, LRV 10.6). Deep and cool, about 170° around the color wheel from the floor and 24 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 Alabaster. The floor at LRV 34 sits between the two (11 and 82).

## Wood, rugs and metals
- Wood a step darker: a smoky gray brown wood, like our Dark Gray stain sample. About 20 points darker than the floor (L*), far enough to read as a choice.
- Wood a step lighter: black or painted pieces. The floor is lighter than any wood stain we photographed, so contrast comes from black, painted or upholstered pieces.
- Rug or fabric, tone on tone: walnut brown (#52473f). The floor's own warmth at half the strength, 34 points darker.
- Rug or fabric, across the wheel: storm blue (#50646f). The opposite side of the color wheel from the floor, softened, to balance it.
- Rug or fabric, grounding: mocha (#5a514a). A deep note 30 points from the floor, so a rug keeps its edge.
- Metal: matte black. Black works with every undertone and gives a light room its outline.
- Metal: aged brass. A warm metal that agrees with the floor's amber undertone.
- Metal: unlacquered brass. A warm metal that agrees with the floor's amber undertone.

## What to avoid
- Walls at the floor's own lightness: Debonair (Sherwin-Williams SW 9139, LRV 33.9) sits within a point of this floor, so wall and floor would blur into one.
- Wood that almost matches: a table in a tone like our Silvered Gray stain sample is only 3.6 apart (CIEDE2000) and reads as a near miss. Go clearly darker or lighter.
- Pink or peach beige walls: they pull more orange out of a warm floor.

## The room it suits
- An LRV of 34 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.
- Across a 12 foot room it lays about 21 boards, so the room reads open with few seams.
- 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)
- Finish: UV Acrylic
- Water: Waterproof (the maker's word) (spills and wet mopping are fine; standing water from a flood is a different matter)

## 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.