If this is not your forte, have you considered working with an interior designer or colorist who could help you?

Get floors that are a medium to light brown wood or wood-look with an even tone (not splotchy or stripy). Then they are like jeans--they go with everything and you don't have to worry about them matching or contrasting your wall color. They will also be more timeless than wood floors with a gray undertone. Color expert Maria Killam had a blog post on this very topic yesterday. Give it a read and then read her other 1800 blog posts for so much good information! https://mariakillam.com/should-i-match-the-wall-colour-to-my-wood-floor-colour/ 

@cpartist ouch didn't realize my color choices were that bad XD lol jk, I would love to work with an interior designer, but we're already way over budget on this project.

@AGKY I read that darker floors are better in areas with plenty of natural light, and my wife doesn't like any yellowy wood floors, hence why I've stayed away from lighter wood tones, and I'm afraid of the chalky gray wood with the light gray walls being too bland and depressing.

John, I agree with you that it would look bland and depressing. Grey as a trending neutral is also already out in some parts of the country and on its way out everywhere else. The next trendy wood floor color is light wood--but that happens to be much more timeless than grey because it's more natural. If you want darker, there's nothing wrong with a darker medium brown wood floor--just not dark espresso. The wood floor will bring warmth to your design and you can decorate any way you want with them. Your wife might be thinking about yellow pine floors in old homes--which also can be pretty darn neutral, but are certainly not current looking. I think the floors in this kitchen are beautiful: http://www.jacquelynclark.com/2019/10/16/moody-craftsman-home-tour-dreamiest-kitchen-ever/

Here's a third vote for following Maria Killam's color advice. In particular, this blog post has helped me make color decisions in the correct order to achieve a classic look in the home we're in the process of building:

https://mariakillam.com/10-steps-for-planning-your-new-build/

If you take nothing else from Maria, follow this advice: no gray wood floors!

Maria Killam"s article is really about dealing with existing red and orange floors. You don't have that here unless you want it. If you do I think the colors you've chosen are as usable as the black and white Maria suggests. Or you can choose a paler European oak in greyed brown without any yellow or orange. But not stripey.

@dan1888 Can you give me an example of what you mean by pale european oak in grayed brown? I really have no clue if that means chalk gray, or a darker gray... and being slightly color blind doesn't help lol

I would love to work with an interior designer, but we're already way over budget on this project.

and how will you feel if your choices don't work out. There are interior designers and color experts who will even work with you remotely. Not all interior designers are top dollar.

As for Maria Killiam, I think she has some interesting advice but too much of what she does is formulatic.

I believe Amy Woolf Color and Design is a member her and she's a top colorist.

@cpartist I'd probably be disappointed for a week or two and then forget about it lol jk. I honestly agree with you on Maria Killiam. We're building an apartment for our small family, not a by-the-numbers instagrammable photoshoot. I just want it to look nice and feel comfortable. Me and my wife have some floor/wall combos that we like online, but then we research those colors and people are telling us that they don't work together. And I'm just worried about whether they will look off in our specific setup.

At the end of the day, we want to make our apartment the way WE want it, not the way a designer wants it, but I don't want to ignore the warnings of everyone and end up with colors that look different than what we want. I guess I really just need to finish the drywall and test out some colors in our actual space throughout the day.

Testing them out and seeing them in all different lights is your best bet. Colors can even look different depending on what part of the country you're in.

An example. I basically like the same colors and have for eons. Tans, greens with touches of reds for my house. In my NY house, I got it right. Loved my living room color which read as a light to medium tan and then I did green above the picture rail. (Old victorian folk house)

Then we bought a condo in SW FL and I thought, "Heck I love that color, so let me try it in the condo for the living room walls."

UM NOOOO! What looked perfect in NY, read like 3 day old coffee with too much cream and some gray mud in FL. Why? Because the light here in FL is warmer and brighter. I eventually did find the perfect tan and for here it was a cleaner color than the color I used in NY.

And the color BM Wilmington Tan reads differently depending on the time of day. In some light it reads as an exact tan. Other times of the day it reads almost yellow and late at night, it reads almost a light warm brown.

Designers do not rubber stamp every home as ”their” look. At least the good ones do not. So forget everything about hiring a designer being The Terrible Joanna Gaines One Note Experience. That TV stuff isn’t how it works.

Yeah, there are Pinterest ”designers” that don’t even know how to draw a space plan, or understand the difference between primary, secondary, and tertiary hues. They don’t have to be good, just look good, and take good ”vignette” photos for social media. I got burned by several client’s working with that type of incompetence. I did my own due diligence, and now only work with a couple of good ones, that are brought in by me, to help my clients get, and stay, on track.

A *good* designer gives you *your* house, but better, stronger, faster. It’s the bionic version. It’s you, on sterioids, better than you could ever do by yourself. Less expensive wasted purchases, and wasted effort, and less squirrel chasing after stuff that doesn’t work. Advance planning is what saves time and money. It’s proactive, not reactive.

You need a *good* designer.

if the flooring is a change for your entire main floor (kitchen and living area) then i think you need to really consider your living area color scheme as well to decide how "cool" or warm you want to go. If your kitchen is white and grey and navy then maybe a little warmer (a light floor with natural wood look vs. grey. - AGAIN depending on your overall living design look)...if you want to go dark wood you'd like want to have some dark wood pops here and there vs. light wood pops here and there / natural with light wood floor vs. grey.

This is an alternative to LVP. Geowood uses a real wood veneer layer instead of the printed picture layer you get with vinyl planks. https://www.calibamboo.com/blog/what-is-geowood/

This is an example of the coloring I mentioned. https://www.calibamboo.com/product-idyllwild-european-oak-geowood-flooring-7204007701.html Same spc stone layer. Same cork pad layer. Same aluminum oxide clearcoat. No repeated picture.

https://www.cadoringroup.it/parquet-quercia-contorta-natur Another example for color.