Taupe
Taupe begins as a brown color on paper, then shifts with every surface, shadow and neighboring material. Its beige classifications hint at the directions it may take as daylight, lamps and neighboring colors move around it. Treat the digital swatch as an opening note, then watch a physical sample from morning light through evening lamps.
Hex
#5A4430LRV
7.65
Coordinating Colors
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 8), opening up a space where Taupe encloses it.
Wet Concrete reflects far more light (LRV 27 vs 8), opening up a space where Taupe encloses it.
Similar Colors
With LRVs of 8 and 8, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
With LRVs of 8 and 8, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 9 vs 8), so neither reads brighter in a room.
With LRVs of 9 and 8, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Complementary Colors
A 12-point LRV gap (19 vs 8) makes Providence Blue the marginally brighter of the two.
Van Courtland Blue reflects far more light (LRV 31 vs 8), opening up a space where Taupe encloses it.
Nocturnal Gray reads slightly lighter (LRV 14 vs 8), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 9-point LRV gap (17 vs 8) makes Blue Spruce the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 58 vs 8, Feather Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
Lighter Colors
With LRVs of 8 and 8, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Blue Ridge Mountains reads slightly lighter (LRV 15 vs 8), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Hidden Valley reads slightly lighter (LRV 13 vs 8), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Color Codes
Manufacturer description
A dark, stately brown that evokes the rich grain of ebony wood.