Threshold Taupe

With an LRV of about 34, Threshold 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.

Threshold Taupe in other brands

• Parador Inn Dulux Australia S12C4 Beige Very close ΔE 0.9
• Chic Taupe Behr N230-4 Beige Very close ΔE 1.2
• Sandy Beaches Nerolac 4466 Beige Very close ΔE 1.2
• Woodland Stone Valspar 2007-9C Beige Very close ΔE 1.2
• Village Crier Hallman Lindsay 190 Beige Very close ΔE 1.3
• Mesa C2 Paint C2-813 Beige Very close ΔE 1.3

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Smoky Beige Sherwin-Williams 9087 Beige
• Sycamore Tan Sherwin-Williams 2855 Orange

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as beige
• Protanopia Reads as beige
• 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 Threshold Taupe warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 10.8 and a value of 4.0 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Dulux Australia color to Threshold Taupe?

Parador Inn (S12C4), at ΔE 0.9. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Threshold Taupe?

≈ 34. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.