The floor finish is the reference
Judge Ripe Olive against your actual wood finish, not a generic wood species label. The starting material direction here is cream counters and dark bronze handles. Ripe Olive is darker than Pewter Green and can fill the role of a green-black anchor.
Cream counters create contrast above the cabinet, but the lowest door may still lose obvious green under the overhang.
Test the dominant wood color, not one grain line
Check the outline between Ripe Olive and the darkest part of the floor or wood furniture. Deep paint and dark timber may lose separation in evening light. Decide whether that continuous dark effect is intended, or whether a lighter painted boundary would give the room clearer structure.
Ripe Olive has an LRV of 6; Sherwin-Williams Pewter Green SW-6208 is 12. The difference is 6 points, with Pewter Green returning more light under the reference measurement.
The condition for keeping Ripe Olive
Check the lowest-lit cabinet face; choose it only if a nearly black impression is acceptable there. The undertones and neighboring colors covers that related choice. The trim color comparison covers that related choice.
Keep the Ripe Olive 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 Ripe Olive SW-6209. The recorded LRV is 6. Named comparison values come from the respective manufacturers; material schemes are editorial suggestions.
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