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Vision board · Warm modern
Virtue Oak, from the COREtec Originals Premium line, is a mid dark vinyl plank with a golden undertone (LRV 20, measured from its own picture). Here it pairs with Silver Satin walls, Swiss Coffee trim, and Naval as the deep note, chosen by the numbers.
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Read from its own picture, not from a name.
A golden undertone, warm without leaning red. LRV is light reflectance value, the share of light a surface sends back, the same scale paint makers print on every chip: 0 is black, 100 is white.
The grain and color of Virtue Oak move from board to board (a spread of 3.8 in L*), which helps hide everyday wear.
The shaded band is within 30 points of the floor. A wall inside it blurs into the floor; BS 8300 asks for at least 30 points between surfaces that meet.
Named colors with the maker's code and LRV, each linked to its page.
A soft neutral with a touch of warmth (hue 105°), so Virtue Oak stays golden without turning yellow.
See it at Benjamin MooreA soft neutral with a touch of warmth (hue 93°), so Virtue Oak stays golden without turning yellow.
See it at Sherwin-Williams62 points over Virtue Oak in LRV and warm enough (chroma 5.7) to read white, not blue, beside its golden undertone.
See it at Benjamin MooreDeep and cool, about 169° around the color wheel from Virtue Oak and 16 points darker in LRV, so each makes the other look richer.
See it at Sherwin-WilliamsLower cabinets or an island in Naval, uppers and trim in Swiss Coffee. The floor at LRV 20 sits between the two (5 and 82).
| Role | Color | Maker and code | LRV | From the floor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floor | Virtue Oak | COREtec Originals Premium | 20 | |
| Walls | Silver Satin | Benjamin Moore OC-26 | 74.9 | +55 |
| Or walls | Dover White | Sherwin-Williams SW 6385 | 82.5 | +63 |
| Trim and ceilings | Swiss Coffee | Benjamin Moore OC-45 | 81.9 | +62 |
| The deep note | Naval | Sherwin-Williams SW 6244 | 4.5 | -16 |
Contrast, not a match.
The near misses, by the numbers.
About Virtue Oak and color, answered from the numbers above.
Silver Satin (Benjamin Moore OC-26, LRV 74.9): a soft neutral with a touch of warmth (hue 105°), so Virtue Oak stays golden without turning yellow. It sits 55 LRV points from the floor (LRV 20), more than the 30 points that keep a wall and a floor reading apart. Or Dover White (Sherwin-Williams SW 6385, LRV 82.5).
Swiss Coffee (Benjamin Moore OC-45, LRV 81.9): 62 points over Virtue Oak in LRV and warm enough (chroma 5.7) to read white, not blue, beside its golden undertone.
Naval (Sherwin-Williams SW 6244, LRV 4.5): deep and cool, about 169° around the color wheel from Virtue Oak and 16 points darker in LRV, so each makes the other look richer. Lower cabinets or an island in Naval, uppers and trim in Swiss Coffee. The floor at LRV 20 sits between the two (5 and 82).
Contrast, not a match: a step darker: a charcoal wood (like our Heritage Brown stain sample), or a step lighter: a pale, bleached wood (like our Natural stain sample). A wood like our Fruitwood sample is only 2.9 apart (CIEDE2000) and reads as a near miss.
Mid dark: LRV 20 and L* 52, measured from its own picture, with a golden undertone. At LRV 20, Virtue Oak 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.
Walls at the lightness of Virtue Oak: Retreat (Sherwin-Williams SW 6207, LRV 20.9) sits within a point of its LRV of 20, so wall and floor would blur into one. Wood that almost matches Virtue Oak: a tone like our Fruitwood sample, 2.9 apart (CIEDE2000), reads as a near miss. Go clearly darker or lighter.
Light, size and wear, from the floor's own record.
At LRV 20, Virtue Oak 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 9 inches a board, Virtue Oak lays about 16 boards across a 12 foot room, so the room reads open with few seams.
Virtue Oak is waterproof, so it belongs in kitchens, baths, mudrooms and basements as well as living spaces.
What only this floor's data can say.
One of our most-asked-for floors: estimated 8 times, chosen 6 times since 2023.
Virtue Oak is lighter than 36 percent of the 1,197 vinyl floors we carry, measured the same way, and warmer than 94 percent of them.
The same look in real wood: Radiant Balance, Robbins Natural Forest 5" Red Oak, only 1.3 apart in color (CIEDE2000).
To get this color on an oak floor you already have, the nearest of our stains is Fruitwood (2.9 apart, CIEDE2000, from our own photographs on red oak).
| Width | 9 in |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 0.472" |
| Wear layer | 30 mil |
| Finish | UV Acrylic |
| Edge | Enhanced painted bevel |
| Installation | Floating or direct glue |
| Core | WPC |
| Construction | COREtec Residential WPC |
| Carton | 26.95 sq ft |
| Water | Waterproof (the maker's word) |
Every color, price and detail on its own page.
Virtue Oak
COREtec Originals Premium · VV457-02904
Waterproof vinyl plank · WPC · 9 in
$9.09 per sq ft · $244.98 a carton
Material only. Delivery and installation extra.
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Powell Flooring, 1811 Union Valley Rd, West Milford, NJ 07480
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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.
A picture's lightness depends a little on how it was lit, so the floor's LRV is read from the evenly lit field the visualizer lays and rounded. See the real floor before you choose paint: visit the showroom, or ask for a free measure and estimate.
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