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Vision board · Dark and moody
Whiskey Barrel, from the Stanton Oakridge line, is a dark vinyl plank with a golden undertone (measured from its own picture: LRV 7). Here it is with Repose Gray walls, Alabaster trim and Upward on the cabinets, 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.
Whiskey Barrel has a gentle movement from board to board (a spread of 2.0 in L*): calm, but not flat.
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 97°), so Whiskey Barrel stays golden without turning yellow.
See it at Sherwin-WilliamsA soft neutral with a touch of warmth (hue 92°), so Whiskey Barrel stays golden without turning yellow.
See it at Benjamin Moore75 points over Whiskey Barrel in LRV and warm enough (chroma 5.3) to read white, not blue, beside its golden undertone.
See it at Sherwin-WilliamsA light color with some life in it, so cabinets float off Whiskey Barrel (a 50 point step in LRV).
See it at Sherwin-WilliamsCabinets in Upward or Alabaster: a dark floor needs light cabinets to float above it.
| Role | Color | Maker and code | LRV | From the floor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floor | Whiskey Barrel | Stanton Oakridge | 7 | |
| Walls | Repose Gray | Sherwin-Williams SW 7015 | 58.2 | +51 |
| Or walls | Thunder | Benjamin Moore AF-685 | 47.6 | +41 |
| Trim and ceilings | Alabaster | Sherwin-Williams SW 7008 | 82.2 | +75 |
| Cabinets | Upward | Sherwin-Williams SW 6239 | 57.4 | +50 |
Contrast, not a match.
The near misses, by the numbers.
About Whiskey Barrel and color, answered from the numbers above.
Repose Gray (Sherwin-Williams SW 7015, LRV 58.2): a soft neutral with a touch of warmth (hue 97°), so Whiskey Barrel stays golden without turning yellow. It sits 51 LRV points from the floor (LRV 7), more than the 30 points that keep a wall and a floor reading apart. Or Thunder (Benjamin Moore AF-685, LRV 47.6).
Alabaster (Sherwin-Williams SW 7008, LRV 82.2): 75 points over Whiskey Barrel in LRV and warm enough (chroma 5.3) to read white, not blue, beside its golden undertone.
Upward (Sherwin-Williams SW 6239, LRV 57.4): a light color with some life in it, so cabinets float off Whiskey Barrel (a 50 point step in LRV). Cabinets in Upward or Alabaster: a dark floor needs light cabinets to float above it.
Contrast, not a match: a step lighter: a warm gray brown wood (like our Warm Gray stain sample).
Dark: LRV 7 and L* 32, measured from its own picture, with a golden undertone. At LRV 7, Whiskey Barrel is 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 Whiskey Barrel: Black Fox (Sherwin-Williams SW 7020, LRV 6.7) sits within a point of its LRV of 7, so wall and floor would blur into one. Creamy yellow walls: yellow on yellow flattens the golden undertone of Whiskey Barrel (hue 69°).
Light, size and wear, from the floor's own record.
At LRV 7, Whiskey Barrel is 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 4 inches a board, Whiskey Barrel lays about 36 boards across a 12 foot room.
Whiskey Barrel 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 6 times, chosen 2 times since 2025.
Whiskey Barrel is lighter than 4 percent of the 1,197 vinyl floors we carry, measured the same way, and warmer than 98 percent of them.
The same look in real wood: Light Maple, Robbins Timber Legends 7-1/2" Red Maple, only 2.5 apart in color (CIEDE2000).
To get this color on an oak floor you already have, the nearest of our stains is Golden Brown (7.6 apart, CIEDE2000, from our own photographs on red oak).
| Width | 4 in |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 8.00 (1.5mm top + 5mm core + 1.5mm ixpe pad) |
| Installation | Float |
| Core | WPC |
| Construction | WPC |
| Carton | 23.36 sq ft |
| Water | Waterproof (the maker's word) |
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Whiskey Barrel
Oakridge · 71454
Waterproof vinyl plank · WPC · 4 in
$4.49 per sq ft · $104.89 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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