Light, warm or dark oak LVT: Daytona's six colours

Daytona is our own glue down LVT, made in six oak colours. Every colour has the same specification and the same price per m², so the only question is which oak suits your room. This page puts all six side by side, says where each one works, and shows what a room costs. Then order free samples of two or three: oak never looks the same on a screen as it does on your floor.

The six colours at a glance

Colour	Tone	Where it works	Buy
Linen Oak	Light. Pale, softly bleached, cool	Bedrooms, small rooms, north-facing rooms, new builds, apartments	Herringbone · Plank
Natural Oak	Light. Neutral, neither yellow nor grey	Kitchens, open-plan spaces, offices, refurbishments	Herringbone · Plank
Toasted Oak	Warm. Softly toasted, gently golden, brushed grain	Period homes, dining rooms, studies, restaurants	Herringbone · Plank
Manuka Oak	Warm. Honey, the classic oak	Living rooms, hallways, whole ground floors	Herringbone · Plank
Dune Oak	Deep. Soft taupe, grey-brown	Kitchens, open-plan living, new builds, rentals	Herringbone · Plank
Cocoa Oak	Deep. Mid-to-deep warm brown, the darkest	Living rooms, restaurants, hotels, boutiques	Herringbone · Plank

Stock moves every day, so the product page always has the current level.

Light oak: Linen and Natural

Linen Oak, room visualisation.

Linen Oak is the palest in the range: an oak with the warmth bleached out. It makes a small room feel bigger and a north-facing room feel lighter, because it bounces back the cool, flat light those rooms get. It sits well with white walls, pale grey and Scandinavian furniture. It has a matt finish, so it does not shine under ceiling lights.

Natural Oak, room visualisation.

Natural Oak is light but not cold. It keeps a room bright without turning grey or honey, which is why it goes with most kitchens, doors and furniture. If you are choosing one floor to run through a whole open-plan ground floor and you are unsure, start with Natural.

Warm oak: Toasted and Manuka

Toasted Oak, room visualisation.

Toasted Oak is lightly golden, softer and paler than Manuka, with a brushed grain that gives it more movement. It suits period houses, dining rooms and studies: anywhere the floor should look as if it has always been there. Against cream, sage or deep green walls it looks right at home.

Manuka Oak is the colour most people picture when they say "oak floor": warm honey without turning orange, with enough grain to read as timber. It is the easy choice for a living room, a hallway or a whole ground floor, and it sits under most furniture.

Dark oak: Dune and Cocoa

Dune Oak is a muted grey-brown, a taupe with the yellow taken out. It is deeper than it first looks. It works as easily with white kitchen units as with wood ones, and it is the closest Daytona comes to a grey oak without the coldness of a true grey.

Cocoa Oak is the darkest: a mid-to-deep brown that anchors a room and makes pale walls and furniture look sharper. It is the choice for living rooms, restaurants, hotels and shops. One honest note: on a screen Cocoa can look lighter than it is. On the floor it is deeper, so see a sample before you order.

How to choose: five questions

1. Which way does the room face? North-facing rooms get cool, even light all day. Linen or Natural keep them bright; Toasted or Manuka warm them up. South-facing rooms get warm light that makes every oak look a shade more golden, so a cooler oak like Dune or Natural stays truer.
2. How big is it? Light floors make a small room feel bigger. A dark floor in a small room with little daylight can feel heavy. In a big room with good light, Cocoa and Dune look their best.
3. What is next to it? Hold the sample against the kitchen doors, the worktop, the skirting and the sofa, not against the wall. A floor that matches wood furniture exactly can look flat; one or two shades lighter or darker usually looks better.
4. Who uses it? As a rule, very pale and very dark floors show dust, crumbs and pet hair most. Mid tones such as Natural, Toasted and Dune show them least. Every colour has the same 0.55mm wear layer, so the choice is about looks, not toughness.
5. Will it run through several rooms? One colour through a whole ground floor makes the space look bigger and avoids thresholds between rooms. Pick the colour for the room with the least light.

Every colour, the same floor underneath

What	Daytona, every colour
Wear layer	0.55mm, 83% more than the 0.3mm residential standard
Thickness	2.0mm, glue down
Use class	23 (domestic heavy) and 33 (commercial heavy)
Slip	R10 (DIN 51130) and DS (EN 13893)
Fire	Bfl-s1
Underfloor heating	Suitable, floor surface up to 27°C
Guarantee	25 years residential, 10 years commercial, backed by Flooring Monster
Herringbone	114 x 457mm blocks, 2.926 m² a pack, £24.99 per m² inc VAT (£73.12 a pack)
Plank	178 x 1219mm, 3.685 m² a pack, £22.99 per m² inc VAT (£84.72 a pack)

The test figures are from the plank data sheet; herringbone shares the 0.55mm wear layer and 2.0mm thickness. Read what the wear layer does in wear layers explained, and how Daytona behaves over heating in flooring and underfloor heating.

What a 20 m² room costs, in any colour

The price is the same for all six colours, so here is the working once.

• Plank: 20 m² plus 10% for cuts is 22 m². 22 ÷ 3.685 = 5.97, so 6 packs (22.11 m²). 6 x £84.72 = £508.32 inc VAT.
• Herringbone: 20 m² plus 15% for cuts is 23 m². 23 ÷ 2.926 = 7.86, so 8 packs (23.41 m²). 8 x £73.12 = £584.96 inc VAT.

Both are glue down, so add adhesive: work out how much with the LVT adhesive calculator and see flooring adhesive. For your own room sizes, use the flooring calculator. Prices checked on 10 November 2026; the product page always has the current price.

Order samples the right way

Order two or three free samples: the one you think you want, and one either side of it. Then:

• Lay them on the floor, not on a table. You see a floor from above and at a distance.
• Look in daylight and again at night under your own bulbs. Warm bulbs push every oak towards honey.
• Put them where the floor will meet the kitchen units, the hallway carpet or the next room.
• Live with them for a day or two before you order.

Questions people ask about Daytona colours

Which Daytona colour is the lightest?

Linen Oak, a pale, softly bleached oak. Natural Oak is the next lightest and a little warmer.

Which Daytona colour is the darkest?

Cocoa Oak, a mid-to-deep warm brown. Dune Oak is deep too, but grey-brown rather than brown.

Is there a grey oak in the Daytona range?

Not a true cool grey. Dune Oak is a taupe, a grey-brown with the yellow taken out, and it is the closest. Linen Oak is cool and pale but reads as bleached oak, not grey.

Do all six colours cost the same and have the same spec?

Yes. Every colour is £24.99 per m² in herringbone and £22.99 per m² in plank, inc VAT, with the same 0.55mm wear layer, R10 and DS slip ratings, and a 25 year residential and 10 year commercial guarantee.

Which Daytona colour is best for a kitchen?

Natural Oak and Dune Oak are the two we would start with. Natural keeps a kitchen bright and goes with most units; Dune sits as well with white units as with wood. Hold a sample against your doors and worktop before you decide.

Do the colours look the same as the pictures?

Close, but not exactly. The room pictures on this page are visualisations, and every screen shows colour differently. Cocoa in particular looks lighter on screen than on the floor. That is why we send free samples.

See all twelve floors in the Daytona range, or compare Daytona with the other oak LVT flooring we sell, including herringbone LVT and the wider glue down LVT range. New to LVT? Start with our LVT buyer's guide.