Black Oak
Cloverdale Paint's Black Oak is a greige shade whose quieter details emerge through comparison. Its greige and grey classifications hint at the directions it may take as daylight, lamps and neighboring colors move around it. Its related shades below reveal where the color harmonizes—and where contrast brings it fully to life.
Hex
#554D48LRV
7.71
Black Oak's Color Strip
Black Oak is the first shade on this 7-color strip, the lightest in this coordinated family. Strip Ex32 puts these related shades in sequence, making it simple to find the tone that suits your room.
Black Oak in Rooms
Follow Black Oak from one space to another and watch how light, scale and surrounding materials reshape its character. 8 generated visualizations explore how the color might shape a finished room.
1 Bathroom Photo
Black Oak (EX218) moves through 1 bathroom image without becoming a fixed prescription for the room. With an LRV of 7.7, it carries enough visual weight to make light, trim and texture feel especially deliberate.
The walls here show Black Oak in bright, well-lit bathroom light.
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2 Bedroom Photos
Its place within Ex-Series hints at the range of palettes it can inhabit. In this setting, let gentle morning light and low evening lamps and bed linen, timber, wool and upholstered textures guide the final sample decision.
A bedroom painted in Black Oak — soft-spoken and easy to wake up to.
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This open bedroom shows Black Oak in honest, natural light.
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1 Dining Room Photo
Its place within Ex-Series hints at the range of palettes it can inhabit. In this setting, let natural light, candles and pendant lighting and timber, table linen, glass and artwork guide the final sample decision.
See Black Oak in a formal dining setting — composed and quietly present.
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2 Misc Photos
Its place within Ex-Series hints at the range of palettes it can inhabit. In this setting, let the varied light of hallways, corners and transitional rooms and a changing mix of architectural details and personal finishes guide the final sample decision.
A foyer painted in Black Oak sets the tone for everything beyond it.
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Natural light reveals Black Oak's true character in this bright sun room.
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1 Kitchen Photo
1 kitchen image place Black Oak (EX218) in a hardworking room where color meets movement and strong surfaces. With an LRV of 7.7, it carries enough visual weight to make light, trim and texture feel especially deliberate.
This kitchen scene shows how Black Oak holds up under practical light.
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1 Living Room Photo
The room’s shift from daytime energy to evening calm can draw different notes from Black Oak (EX218). The greige, grey hue classifications suggest the subtle directions the color may take as the room changes.
See how Black Oak holds up in a real living room setting.
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