Rustic Taupe

With an LRV of about 34, Rustic Taupe is a mid tone: it absorbs more light than it reflects, so it reads deeper on a large wall than on the chip. It suits accent walls and well-lit rooms. Behr does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Rustic Taupe in other brands

• Warm Shade Jotun 12294 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• Zorba Resene Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Art Museum KILZ TB-17 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Abbey Road Kelly-Moore KM4586-2 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.8
• A3330J Crown Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.8
• Waynesboro Benjamin Moore 1544 Beige Very close ΔE 0.9

Lighter and darker in Behr

• Off The Grid Behr T18-08 Light Gray
• Art District Behr MQ2-57 Orange

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

• Warm bulb, 2700 K Turns orange
• Neutral, 4000 K Turns beige
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Rustic Taupe warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 7.1 and a value of 1.7 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Jotun color to Rustic Taupe?

Warm Shade (12294), at ΔE 0.5. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Rustic Taupe?

≈ 34. Behr does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.