Wolf Grey on the 8mm Oakleaf HD Plus board. As on the 12mm, it is warmer than the name implies: a mid greige-taupe with a clear brown undertone and visible grain, rather than the cool grey most people picture. That...

Spotted Gum on the 8mm Oakleaf HD Plus board: the same mid warm brown with a reddish cast and strong striping through the grain as the 12mm version. It is a fair reading of the species, which runs honey through...

Natural on the 8mm Oakleaf HD Plus board: the same light warm tan-beige oak with open knots and honest grain movement as the 12mm version. It is the most characterful of the pale colours in the range, and the knots...

Delta Sand on the 8mm Oakleaf HD Plus board. As on the 12mm, the name misleads: this is a pale cool grey-white with a faint lilac cast, not the warm sandy tone it suggests. It is one of the coolest...

Blackbutt on the 8mm Oakleaf HD Plus board: the same light warm golden-tan with a soft, even grain as the 12mm version, and the same restrained reading of the species that makes it more convincing than the heavily saturated golden-ambers...

Bedrock on the 8mm Oakleaf HD Plus board: the same rich mid-dark warm brown as the 12mm version, with real depth in the grain and strong tonal movement from plank to plank. The decor is identical; the difference is the...

This is Alpine Mist on the 8mm Oakleaf HD Plus board: the same light warm blonde-beige oak as the 12mm version, with the same soft grain movement and gentle sandy cast. The decor is identical; what changes is the board...

Bellmore Oak is a light warm blonde-tan: brighter and cleaner than Hampton Oak, with the same open knots but less depth of colour, so it lifts a room rather than warming it up. It sits in the useful middle of...

Hampton Oak is the warmest of the mid-tone boards in the Preference Floors Oakleaf HD Plus range: a honey-tan oak with clear grain, open knots and enough tonal movement between planks to carry a large floor without looking repetitive. It...

Windsor is the cool pale in the Preference Floors Oakleaf HD Plus range: a soft greige-taupe with grey running through the grain and low, even contrast between planks. It is the board to choose when the room is already warm...

Wolf Grey is warmer than the name suggests. It is a mid greige-taupe with a clear brown undertone and visible grain, not the cool grey most people picture when they read "grey" on a flooring page. That matters, because greige...

Spotted Gum here is a mid warm brown with a reddish cast and strong striping through the grain: a fair reading of the species, which runs honey through amber to mid brown with far more plank-to-plank variation than oak. It...

Silk Grey is the true grey of the Preference Floors Oakleaf HD Plus range: a mid cool grey with clear striation running the length of the board and no warmth pulling it towards beige. If you want a floor that...

Sierra Oak is the warmest of the pale boards in the Preference Floors Oakleaf HD Plus range: a light blonde-tan with a smooth, even grain and very little tonal shift between planks. Set beside Alpine Mist it carries a touch...

Natural is exactly what the name promises: a light warm tan-beige oak with open knots and honest grain movement, the look of an untinted board with a clear coat over it. It is the most characterful of the pale colours...

Hickory is the straightforward warm mid-tone in the Preference Floors Oakleaf HD Plus range: a brown-tan with genuine warmth and an even, unfussy grain that does not compete with anything else in the room. It is the colour people land...

Delta Sand is not the warm sandy tone the name implies. It is a pale cool grey-white with a faint lilac cast: among the coolest boards in the Preference Floors Oakleaf HD Plus range, and a genuinely different proposition to...

Clove is cooler than the name suggests. Rather than the warm spice brown you might picture, it is a muted mid grey-brown: the grey holding the warmth in check and keeping it from going orange in afternoon light. That makes...

Blackbutt in the Preference Floors Oakleaf HD Plus range is a light warm golden-tan with a soft, even grain: a restrained and fairly convincing take on the species, closer to how Australian blackbutt actually lays than the heavily saturated golden-amber...

Bedrock is the richest board in the Preference Floors Oakleaf HD Plus range: a mid-dark warm brown with genuine depth in the grain and a good deal of tonal movement from plank to plank. It is the colour to choose...

Arctic Fox is the palest board in the Preference Floors Oakleaf HD Plus range: a near-white cream with only the faintest grain showing through and almost no tonal shift between planks. It is the floor to choose when you want...

Alpine Mist is a light warm blonde-beige oak: a clean, bright board with soft grain movement and a gentle sandy cast, bright enough to open up a room without the coldness of a true white-grey. It is the most broadly...