Tavern Taupe

With an LRV of about 27, Tavern 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.

Tavern Taupe in other brands

• TVT K483 Tikkurila Orange Very close ΔE 0.5
• Roasted Chestnut Glidden PPG15-30 Orange Very close ΔE 0.8
• Roasted Chestnut PPG 15-30 Orange Very close ΔE 0.8
• Smokey Tan Behr BXC-49 Orange Very close ΔE 1.1
• Ticonderoga Benjamin Moore 992 Orange Very close ΔE 1.1
• Deconstructed Crown A7260R Orange Very close ΔE 1.3

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Threshold Taupe Sherwin-Williams 7501 Beige
• Virtual Taupe Sherwin-Williams 7039 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 Close to listed
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Tavern Taupe warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 11.6 and a value of 3.9 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Tikkurila color to Tavern Taupe?

TVT K483 (Tikkurila), at ΔE 0.5. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Tavern Taupe?

≈ 27. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.