Fresco Oak is the dramatic end of Herringbone 7.0: a smoky charcoal grey-brown, deep and slightly weathered, with fine darker grain moving through it. Nothing else in the range is close. Select Spotted Gum, the next deepest, is a warm...

Clear Water Beach is the lightest option in Herringbone 7.0: a soft sand-washed oak with a faint pink-beige warmth running under the pale surface, so it reads bright without the coldness of a grey whitewash. Oak Saffron is clearly deeper...

The name sets up a dark, rich walnut; the board is something quite different and, for many rooms, more useful: a light-to-mid mushroom brown with strong pale cathedral grain limed over a soft greige-brown ground. It is noticeably lighter than...

Of everything in XXL 8.0, Spotted Gum is the board that most clearly reads as Australian hardwood: a warm mid-brown running from golden caramel through to a deeper olive-brown, with genuine banding from one plank to the next. It is...

Seashell White is the coastal board of the range: a very pale whitewashed oak with cool grey-green flecking and enough plank-to-plank variation to keep it from looking flat. Cotton Oak is paler still and far more uniform; Oak Sofia is...

Royal Oak is cooler and more contemporary than its name implies: a mid-depth smoky grey with a faint brown undertone and a fine, fairly uniform grain, closer to weathered timber than to a traditional stained oak. It is clearly darker...

Set your expectations from the board rather than the name: Pearl Grey is not a pale pearl but a mid grey with a clear green-olive undertone and strong plank-to-plank variation, some boards distinctly darker than others. It is considerably deeper...

Oak Titanium is the board most likely to surprise you in person. The name suggests cool metal grey; the board is actually a warm light blonde-wheat with soft golden variation and a gently limed surface. If you are after grey,...

Oak Sofia reads as weathered rather than new: a light-to-mid cool greige with real plank-to-plank variation, some boards noticeably paler and some drifting towards driftwood grey. Oak Atlanta is warmer and far more uniform; Cotton Oak is much paler and...

Warm without being loud, Oak Saffron is a light-to-mid tan oak with a soft caramel cast and gentle, even variation across the plank. It is deeper and more golden-brown than Oak Titanium and calmer and less knotty than Coastal Blackbutt....

Oak Atlanta is the diplomat of XXL 8.0: a mid greige with soft brown warmth underneath, muted grain and almost no plank-to-plank drama. Oak Sofia is lighter and cooler with far more visible variation; Walnut Brown carries much more grain...

There is nothing subtle about Ebony, and that is the point: a near-black deep brown with fine darker grain, the strongest statement in XXL 8.0 by a wide margin. Royal Oak, the next darkest, is a cool grey by comparison...

Cotton Oak is the palest, coolest board in XXL 8.0: an almost flat light grey with a faint whitewashed grain and very little tonal movement from one plank to the next. Seashell White is its closest relative and carries noticeably...

Coastal Blackbutt is the most openly golden board in XXL 8.0: a warm amber-blonde with strong flowing grain and scattered dark knots that give it real character across a long plank. Compared with Oak Saffron it is brighter and more...

Sparrow occupies the greige middle ground that most colour charts fail to describe honestly: a light-to-mid taupe oak, warm enough to avoid feeling cold but clearly greyed compared with Sand, with a soft even figure running through it. Bella is...

Sand is the middle of the road in the best sense: a light warm beige oak with an even, quiet grain and just enough golden warmth to stop it reading as grey. It sits between Bella and Capri: warmer and...

Raven is the darkest board in Grande 9.0 and makes no apology for it: a near-black charcoal brown with cool grey grain surfacing through the top, closer to a stained timber than a natural one. Hawthorn is its nearest neighbour...

Think of Pacific Blackbutt as the daylight version of an Australian hardwood floor: a light wheat-blonde board with soft golden warmth and gentle, restrained variation rather than dramatic banding. It is a clear step lighter than Northern Spotted Gum and...

Northern Spotted Gum does what the name promises: a warm caramel-to-tan board with the uneven, banded character of Australian spotted gum, some planks noticeably darker than others across a laid floor. Against Ghost Gum it is lighter and more golden;...

Hawthorn is the smoky one: a deep greige-brown with a distinct olive undertone, muted rather than rich, and far more grey in the mix than the name might lead you to expect. It sits between Sparrow and Raven in depth,...

Despite a name that suggests something pale, Ghost Gum is one of the more characterful mid-browns in Grande 9.0: a warm eucalypt-toned board with genuine plank-to-plank variation, fine dark grain lines and occasional redder boards running through the mix. It...

At the pale end of Grande 9.0, Chalk is as close to white as a timber-look floor gets before it stops reading as timber at all: a whitewashed oak with fine grey grain drawn over an almost bone-white ground. It...

Capri is the board people point at when they say they want timber to look like timber: a honeyed mid-blonde oak with long, flowing grain and a golden cast that stays the right side of yellow. Set beside Sand it...

Strip most of the warmth out of a pale oak and you land somewhere close to Bella: a light grey-beige board with a soft, washed-back grain and very little contrast between the ground and the figure. Next to Chalk it...