Taupe

With an LRV of about 24, 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

• Monastery Kelly-Moore KM576-D Orange Very close ΔE 0.5
• Bristol Beige Behr HDC-AC-14 Orange Very close ΔE 0.6
• Shipwreck Dulux Australia S14C5 Orange Very close ΔE 0.8
• Riverbed's Edge Valspar 3008-9B Orange Very close ΔE 1.1
• Claywood Jotun 10051 Orange Very close ΔE 1.3
• Duronodic Bronze Met. MyPerfectColor MP20147 Orange Very close ΔE 1.4

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Alexandria Benjamin Moore HC-77 Beige
• Buckhorn Benjamin Moore 987 Brown

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Taupe warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 13.7 and a value of 3.0 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Kelly-Moore color to Taupe?

Monastery (KM576-D), at ΔE 0.5. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Taupe?

≈ 24. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.