Temperate Taupe

With an LRV of about 45, Temperate 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.

Temperate Taupe in other brands

• Bitter Chocolate 4 Dulux UK 1187394 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• Desert Dune Asian Paints 8754 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.7
• Castellina Kelly-Moore KM4171-1 Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.0
• Ivory Scrimshaw Plascon O6-D2-2 Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.0
• Sandlot Benjamin Moore 2107-50 Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.1
• Hot Oro Basecoat MyPerfectColor MP23469 Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.1

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Angora Sherwin-Williams 6036 Light Gray
• Truly Taupe Sherwin-Williams 6038 Light Gray

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as light gray
• Protanopia Reads as light gray
• Tritanopia Reads as light gray
• Achromatopsia Reads as light gray

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Temperate Taupe warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 5.4 and a value of 3.8 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Dulux UK color to Temperate Taupe?

Bitter Chocolate 4 (1187394), at ΔE 0.5. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Temperate Taupe?

≈ 45. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.