Emerging Taupe

With an LRV of about 38, Emerging 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. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Emerging Taupe in other brands

• Net Worker Dulux Australia S09D3 Beige Very close ΔE 0.8
• Manor Stone Pratt & Lambert 2-25 Beige Very close ΔE 0.9
• Cozy Cover Hallman Lindsay 140 Beige Very close ΔE 1.0
• Cocoa Craving Behr N150-3 Red Very close ΔE 1.1
• Cup Of Tea Kelly-Moore KM4508-2 Beige Very close ΔE 1.1
• Taupe Tapestry Johnstone's Beige Very close ΔE 1.2

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Sashay Sand Sherwin-Williams 6051 Beige
• Armadillo Sherwin-Williams 9160 Gray

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as beige
• Protanopia Reads as light gray
• 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 Emerging Taupe warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 8.8 and a value of 6.6 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Dulux Australia color to Emerging Taupe?

Net Worker (S09D3), at ΔE 0.8. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Emerging Taupe?

≈ 38. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.