Studio Taupe

With an LRV of about 32, Studio 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.

Studio Taupe in other brands

• Rain Barrel Hallman Lindsay historic-rain-barrel Beige Very close ΔE 0.3
• Time Capsule Dulux Australia S13C4 Beige Very close ΔE 0.5
• Sticks & Stones Sherwin-Williams 7503 Beige Very close ΔE 0.6
• Rain Barrel Vista C-1429 Beige Very close ΔE 0.6
• Earl Gray Glidden PPG1020-5 Beige Very close ΔE 0.8
• Earl Gray PPG 1020-5 Beige Very close ΔE 0.8

Lighter and darker in Behr

• Mesa Taupe Behr PPU5-14 Beige
• Ottertail Behr N220-5 Orange

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Studio Taupe warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 9.2 and a value of 2.8 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Hallman Lindsay color to Studio Taupe?

Rain Barrel (historic-rain-barrel), at ΔE 0.3. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Studio Taupe?

≈ 32. Behr does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.