The floor finish is the reference
Judge Stone Lion against your actual wood finish, not a generic wood species label. The starting material direction here is cream limestone and oak beams. Stone Lion and Tony Taupe have close reflectance values, making their actual warm-neutral material relationships more useful than a depth ranking.
Oak beams add substantial shape and warmth; cream limestone can preserve a lighter boundary against the greige wall.
Test the dominant wood color, not one grain line
Use Stone Lion and Tony Taupe to clarify the wood-floor choice against cream limestone and oak beams. 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.
Stone Lion has an LRV of 38; Sherwin-Williams Tony Taupe SW-7038 is 37. The difference is 1 points, with Stone Lion returning more light under the reference measurement.
The condition for keeping Stone Lion
Keep the medium depth if it separates the beams and stone; check a lighter beige in the passageway. The undertones and neighboring colors covers that related choice.
Keep the Stone Lion 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 Stone Lion SW-7507. The recorded LRV is 38. Named comparison values come from the respective manufacturers; material schemes are editorial suggestions.
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