# Wheldon Oak in a warm modern room

Wheldon Oak from the COREtec Originals Classics line is a midtone vinyl plank with a golden undertone, measured at LRV 30 from its own picture. Pair it with Dover White walls, Alabaster trim, and Van Deusen Blue 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
- Wheldon Oak, COREtec Originals Classics: Waterproof vinyl plank · WPC · 5 in (SKU VV023-00509)
- Price: $6.39 per sq ft · $169.14 a carton. Material only. Delivery and installation extra.
- Every color and detail: https://www.powellflooring.com/floors/coretec/coretec-originals-classics-vv023/wheldon-oak

## Measured from its own picture
- LRV (light reflectance value, 0 black to 100 white): 30
- CIELAB (D65): L* 61.9, a* 4.8, b* 15.3, chroma 16.1, hue 72.5 degrees
- Undertone: a golden undertone, warm without leaning red
- The grain and color of Wheldon Oak move from board to board (a spread of 3.3 in L*), which helps hide everyday wear.

## Paint
- Walls: Dover White (Sherwin-Williams SW 6385, LRV 82.5, +52.3 from the floor). A soft neutral with a touch of warmth (hue 93°), so Wheldon Oak stays golden without turning yellow. Source: https://www.sherwin-williams.com/en-us/color/color-family/white-paint-colors/sw6385-dover-white/
- Or walls: Cloud White (Benjamin Moore OC-130, LRV 85.1, +54.9 from the floor). A soft neutral with a touch of warmth (hue 106°), so Wheldon Oak stays golden without turning yellow. Source: https://www.benjaminmoore.com/en-us/paint-colors/color/oc-130/cloud-white
- Trim and ceilings: Alabaster (Sherwin-Williams SW 7008, LRV 82.2). 52 points over Wheldon Oak 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/sw7008-alabaster/
- Deep note: Van Deusen Blue (Benjamin Moore HC-156, LRV 12). Deep and cool, about 172° around the color wheel from Wheldon Oak and 18 points darker in LRV, so each makes the other look richer. Source: https://www.benjaminmoore.com/en-us/paint-colors/color/hc-156/van-deusen-blue
- Lower cabinets or an island in Van Deusen Blue, uppers and trim in Alabaster. The floor at LRV 30 sits between the two (12 and 82).

## Wood, rugs and metals
- Wood a step darker: a mid brown wood, like our Aged Barrel stain sample. About 20 points darker than Wheldon Oak in L* (42 against 62), far enough to read as a choice.
- Rug or fabric, tone on tone: ivory (#ece0d5). 7 in chroma, half the warmth of Wheldon Oak (16), and 28 points lighter in L*.
- Rug or fabric, across the wheel: storm blue (#4b5b68). Hue 253°, straight across the color wheel from the 73° of Wheldon Oak, softened to balance it.
- Rug or fabric, grounding: walnut brown (#514a43). A deep note at L* 32, 30 points from the 62 of Wheldon Oak, so a rug keeps its edge.
- Metal: aged brass. A warm metal that agrees with the golden undertone of Wheldon Oak (hue 73°).
- Metal: unlacquered brass. Left unsealed, it darkens with handling to a softer warm tone beside Dover White walls.
- Metal: matte black. Black works with every undertone; beside Wheldon Oak at LRV 30 it gives the room its outline.

## Room by room
- Living room: Dover White walls and Alabaster trim around Wheldon Oak, an ivory rug with a walnut brown border, a coffee table in a mid brown wood, aged brass lamps.
- Kitchen: Van Deusen Blue on the island or the lower cabinets, Alabaster uppers, unlacquered brass pulls, Wheldon Oak underfoot.
- Bedroom: Cloud White walls, bedding in ivory with one storm blue pillow, nightstands in a mid brown wood.
- Entry: A walnut brown runner on Wheldon Oak, Van Deusen Blue on the front door, a matte black mirror.

## What to avoid
- Walls at the lightness of Wheldon Oak: Evergreen Fog (Sherwin-Williams SW 9130, LRV 30.4) sits within a point of its LRV of 30, so wall and floor would blur into one.
- Wood that almost matches Wheldon Oak: a tone like our Silvered Gray sample, 3.0 apart (CIEDE2000), reads as a near miss. Go clearly darker or lighter.
- Walls that lean yellow: yellow on yellow flattens the golden undertone of Wheldon Oak (hue 73°).

## The room it suits
- At LRV 30, Wheldon 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 5 inches a board, Wheldon Oak lays about 29 boards across a 12 foot room.
- Wheldon 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: WPC, a wood plastic composite core (a little softer and quieter underfoot)
- Finish: UV Acrylic
- 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.