Parisian Taupe

With an LRV of about 67, Parisian Taupe reflects a little over half the light that reaches it, so it stays light in a north-facing room without looking stark. Behr does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Parisian Taupe in other brands

• Wheat Sheaf PPG 14-21 Beige Very close ΔE 0.0
• Wheat Sheaf Glidden PPG14-21 Beige Very close ΔE 0.0
• Wood Plank Kelly-Moore KM555-L Beige Very close ΔE 0.5
• Natural Linen Sherwin-Williams 9109 Beige Very close ΔE 0.5
• Coconut Milk Valspar 2007-10C Beige Very close ΔE 0.8
• Plymouth Beige Hallman Lindsay historic-plymouth-beige Beige Very close ΔE 0.8

Lighter and darker in Behr

• Vanilla Frost Behr BWC-23 Beige
• Livingstone Behr T12-14 Beige

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as beige
• Protanopia Reads as beige
• Tritanopia Reads as light gray
• Achromatopsia Reads as light gray

Under different light

• Warm bulb, 2700 K Turns light orange
• Neutral, 4000 K Close to listed
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Parisian Taupe warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 9.3 and a value of 1.1 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest PPG color to Parisian Taupe?

Wheat Sheaf (14-21), at ΔE 0.0. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Parisian Taupe?

≈ 67. Behr does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.