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Gray walls with honey oak floors.
Pay special attention to a color s temperature warm or cool when choosing a shade.
With its warm tone you can pair a red oak hardwood floor with colors like yellow or apricot to create a warm effect in your room.
Paint hues in the same color scheme as the oak will result in a monochromatic effect for the room.
Most natural oak is a light to medium yellow tinged wood.
Sherwin williams charcoal blue has gray undertones that can cool off yellow undertones in surfaces like oak floors.
Honey oak is slightly darker with orange undertones and red oak has a slight red tinge.
You can consider pastels aquamarines and darker shades as well.
We do not want to paint the ceiling or restain the floors but are leaning towards painting all the trim.
Neutralize it with a complimentary color.
So for orange oaks this means something with a purple or green tone.
Bright white and light blue walls lend a nautical or coastal feel.
The next three colors all look better with honey oak than the previous three.
So many people email me asking for gray paint colors that look good with honey oak but the best wall colors for honey oak are not gray.
Crown molding white possibly even a shiplap.
Why is it not okay to do the reverse and put the gray on the floor with the honey oak trim and cabinets.
Best wall colors that will complement your gray flooring gray hardwood gray carpet gray tile or slate gray laminate or lvp gray floors have become very popular and super stylish over the years so naturally many of my customers ask my recommendations for the best paint shades for the gray floors or carpet.
Complementary colors or hues on opposing sides of the color wheel will add attractive and sophisticated contrast to the wood floors.
I see honey oak flooring paired with gray walls and gray painted cabinets all the time.
Here are the two directions to transform your honey oak trim doors or cabinets with wall color.
To punch up the contrast try painting walls or a small accent area in a cooler hue to help balance the space wadden suggests.
Blue is also a great choice for red oak hardwood floors.
My living room 20 x 40 has honey oak floors honey oak plank ceiling and natural oak crown molding window door trim and 6 baseboards with beige walls.
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Oak can be neutralized a bit by using colors around it that are on the opposite side of the color wheel.
Also gray carpeting looks good with the honey oak.
Wall colors for red oak.
Be bold and paint your walls red to turn up the heat to the max.