True Taupewood

With an LRV of about 36, True Taupewood 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.

True Taupewood in other brands

• Diplomatic Grey Dulux Australia SN3F7 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Wild Mushroom Vista K-955 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Drifting Sand Hallman Lindsay 218 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• River Benjamin Moore 1552 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.8
• Fawn Brindle Sherwin-Williams 7640 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.8
• Proseco Gold Standard MyPerfectColor MP48101SP Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.8

Lighter and darker in Behr

• Park Avenue Behr MQ2-55 Light Gray
• Elephant Skin Behr PPU18-16 Gray

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 True Taupewood warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 6.8 and a value of 0.9 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Dulux Australia color to True Taupewood?

Diplomatic Grey (SN3F7), at ΔE 0.6. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of True Taupewood?

≈ 36. Behr does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.