Taupe

With an LRV of about 7, Taupe absorbs most of the light that reaches it. It makes a wall recede and a room feel smaller, and it needs good light to show its color. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Taupe in other brands

• Mud Pie Dutch VS-9501 Dark Brown Very close ΔE 0.8
• Millbrook Resene Dark Brown Very close ΔE 1.3
• Cranberry Craze Vista K-1192 Brown Very close ΔE 2.0
• Eagle Plascon O6-E1-1 Brown Close ΔE 2.1
• Railroad Ties Pratt & Lambert CL132 Brown Close ΔE 2.4
• Brown Earth Dulux Australia S12D9 Brown Close ΔE 2.7

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Brown Benjamin Moore 2110-20 Brown
• Coffeehouse Benjamin Moore CW-165 Dark Brown

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as olive
• Protanopia Reads as olive
• Tritanopia Reads as red
• Achromatopsia Reads as dark gray

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Taupe warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 15.7 and a value of 6.5 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Dutch color to Taupe?

Mud Pie (VS-9501), at ΔE 0.8. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Taupe?

≈ 7. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.