# Whiskey Barrel in a dark and moody room

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.

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
- Whiskey Barrel, Stanton Oakridge: Waterproof vinyl plank · WPC · 4 in (SKU 71454)
- Price: $4.49 per sq ft · $104.89 a carton. Material only. Delivery and installation extra.
- Every color and detail: https://www.powellflooring.com/floors/stanton/oakridge/whiskey-barrel

## Measured from its own picture
- LRV (light reflectance value, 0 black to 100 white): 7
- CIELAB (D65): L* 31.9, a* 10.7, b* 27.6, chroma 29.6, hue 68.9 degrees
- Undertone: a golden undertone, warm without leaning red
- Whiskey Barrel has a gentle movement from board to board (a spread of 2.0 in L*): calm, but not flat.

## Paint
- Walls: Repose Gray (Sherwin-Williams SW 7015, LRV 58.2, +51.1 from the floor). A soft neutral with a touch of warmth (hue 97°), so Whiskey Barrel stays golden without turning yellow. Source: https://www.sherwin-williams.com/en-us/color/color-family/neutral-paint-colors/sw7015-repose-gray/
- Or walls: Thunder (Benjamin Moore AF-685, LRV 47.6, +40.5 from the floor). A soft neutral with a touch of warmth (hue 92°), so Whiskey Barrel stays golden without turning yellow. Source: https://www.benjaminmoore.com/en-us/paint-colors/color/af-685/thunder
- Trim and ceilings: 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. Source: https://www.sherwin-williams.com/en-us/color/color-family/white-paint-colors/sw7008-alabaster/
- Cabinets: 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). Source: https://www.sherwin-williams.com/en-us/color/color-family/blue-paint-colors/sw6239-upward/
- Cabinets in Upward or Alabaster: a dark floor needs light cabinets to float above it.

## Wood, rugs and metals
- Wood a step lighter: a warm gray brown wood, like our Warm Gray stain sample. About 16 points lighter than Whiskey Barrel in L* (48 against 32).
- Rug or fabric, tone on tone: mushroom (#a18d7b). 13 in chroma, half the warmth of Whiskey Barrel (30), and 28 points lighter in L*.
- Rug or fabric, across the wheel: slate blue (#8698a6). Hue 249°, straight across the color wheel from the 69° of Whiskey Barrel, softened to balance it.
- Rug or fabric, grounding: putty (#ccbbac). A light note at L* 77, 45 points from the 32 of Whiskey Barrel, so a rug keeps its edge.
- Metal: aged brass. A warm metal that agrees with the golden undertone of Whiskey Barrel (hue 69°).
- Metal: unlacquered brass. A warm metal that agrees with the golden undertone of Whiskey Barrel (hue 69°).
- Metal: matte black. Black works with every undertone; beside Whiskey Barrel at LRV 7 it gives the room its outline.

## What to avoid
- 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°).

## The room it suits
- 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.
- Core: WPC, a wood plastic composite core (a little softer and quieter underfoot)
- 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.