The floor finish is the reference
Judge Anew Gray against your actual wood finish, not a generic wood species label. The starting material direction here is cream cabinets and oak flooring. Anew Gray is deeper than Agreeable Gray, making increased definition a concrete reason to add it to a greige shortlist.
Cream cabinetry can benefit from a clearer edge, but the same deeper wall may carry more weight in a connecting passage.
Test the dominant wood color, not one grain line
Use Anew Gray and Agreeable Gray to clarify the wood-floor choice against cream cabinets and oak flooring. Keep the sample edges touching the fixed material, and cover one color before judging the other. Near-neutrals can look noticeably different side by side; the final choice still needs to work on its own. Record the specific relationship you prefer, such as a clearer trim outline or a quieter connection to the floor.
Anew Gray has an LRV of 47; Sherwin-Williams Agreeable Gray SW-7029 is 60. The difference is 13 points, with Agreeable Gray returning more light under the reference measurement.
The condition for keeping Anew Gray
Keep the extra depth only if the cabinet edge becomes clearer without making the passageway too heavy. The undertones and neighboring colors covers that related choice.
Keep the Anew Gray board vertical at the floor edge. A match to one pale grain line can misrepresent the dominant color across the installed floor. Judge the broad timber background from standing height. If the floor will be refinished, repeat the comparison with the approved new stain sample before ordering the wall paint. The coordinating color options covers that related choice. Before ordering samples, compare room-planning features in the paint color visualizer roundup.
Sources & notes
Color specifications: Sherwin-Williams Anew Gray SW-7030. The recorded LRV is 47. Named comparison values come from the respective manufacturers; material schemes are editorial suggestions.
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