You'll never have no 'red' in red oak. I'm not a fan of all the grey floors that have been installed. Show a photo of the whole space. I bet it is lovely.

Im wondering if the they switched the sample names by accident? the other color we considered was ”Rustic Beige”.

I see different boards took the stain in their own way. Even in the sample there is variation. Which is normal for red oak. If you go darker, the red will lessen. But I like the color as is fine.

Im not aure the pictures are showing just how much orange and salmon are coming thru in person? i know based the cabinet colora being installed, the drapery, wallpaper and interior colors already ordered and picke out, the floor color cant stay the way it is.

if two coats on duracell ”weathered oak” have been applied, can a darker coat of something be applied to tone it down? i read that wood can only absorb so much stain? or do we have to re-sand?

As long as there's no topcoat, I don't think a darker stain would be a problem.

Again, just show the sample up against your current floor, and request a re-do. Why do you want to compromise with a darker stain?

It's a redo, unless you want to use poly shade over it.

Talk to them. It surely looks like an error.

I just read a blog on Pine and Prospect Home on how they stained red oak with no orange. It came out a gorgeous beige wheat color. Very pretty. The blog has all the details of stain brand and name but basically the stain looked green and the green canceled out the red. They did a 50/50 mix of stain and mineral spirits to make stain a lil lighter so that's something you could play with to get shade you'd want.