Poised Taupe

With an LRV of about 22, Poised 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. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Poised Taupe in other brands

• Bleached Bark Dulux Australia S07A5 Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• Elephant Hide Plascon O2-E1-4 Gray Very close ΔE 0.9
• Cinnamon Toast Glidden PPG1017-5 Gray Very close ΔE 0.9
• Cinnamon Toast PPG 1017-5 Gray Very close ΔE 0.9
• Smoked Benjamin Moore 2109-40 Gray Very close ΔE 0.9
• TVT S481 Tikkurila Gray Very close ΔE 1.1

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Armadillo Sherwin-Williams 9160 Gray
• Less Brown Sherwin-Williams 6040 Gray

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as gray
• Protanopia Reads as gray
• 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 Poised Taupe warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 5.2 and a value of 4.3 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Dulux Australia color to Poised Taupe?

Bleached Bark (S07A5), at ΔE 0.5. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Poised Taupe?

≈ 22. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.