Truly Taupe

With an LRV of about 35, Truly 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.

Truly Taupe in other brands

• Gypsum Gap Vista K-1172 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.9
• Camel's Hump Plascon O3-E2-2 Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.0
• Smoked Mauve Behr PPU17-12 Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.3
• Earl Grey Asian Paints 8753 Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.4
• Creamy Hot Cocoa Glidden 80YR 36/084 Beige Very close ΔE 1.5
• TVT J481 Tikkurila Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.5

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Temperate Taupe Sherwin-Williams 6037 Light Gray
• Armadillo Sherwin-Williams 9160 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 Truly Taupe warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 5.5 and a value of 3.9 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Vista color to Truly Taupe?

Gypsum Gap (K-1172), at ΔE 0.9. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Truly Taupe?

≈ 35. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.