These expert tips will help you choose a wall color that complements your flooring.
Choosing paint colors for your home can be an exercise in patienceor frustration.
Take wood floors: When stained, many of them lean yellow or orange.
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To find the perfect paint colors that flatter yellow wood tones, we turned to the experts.
These paint picks from the prospair beautifully with wood floors.
She suggestsAlabasterfor a creamy white shade that picks up the warmth of flooring with yellow undertones.
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It has a slight yellow undertone, making it a perfect match with yellow wood floors.
Benjamin Moore Alexandria Beige HC-77
Instead of trying to fight yellow undertones, embrace them.
The result is a soothingneutral color schemethat’s perfect for bedrooms and other cozy spaces.
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Sherwin-Williams’Charcoal Bluehas gray undertones that can cool off yellow undertones in surfaces like oak floors.
To temper the ochre tones of your flooring, try agray paint colorwith a blue-leaning tint.
Use a fiery red, like Glidden’sRed Geranium, to complement the orange-tinted wood floor.
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Pittsburgh Paints Victory Blue
Paint colors for oak floors can be especially tricky.
Its described as a fresh, steely gray with hints of blue making it that ideal in-between tone.
Their light, warm hue can often make a room feel cozy and inviting.
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As opposed to water-based finishes, oil-based polyurethane finishes can cause some wood floors to yellow over time.
This is because they are sensitive to uv-radiation, humidity and temperature.
Note that this is a labor-intensive process however.
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