Taos Taupe vs Pewter Green
Where Taos Taupe belongs to Benjamin Moore's range, Pewter Green is a Sherwin-Williams color. Hue-wise, Taos Taupe belongs to the grey family and Pewter Green to the green-grey family. Taos Taupe (LRV 24) reflects noticeably more light than Pewter Green (LRV 12), a difference of 12 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. Taos Taupe runs red while Pewter Green is decidedly neutral, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. With a ΔE of 15.4, the contrast is hard to miss. These aren't variations on a theme — they're two different answers to the same question. Below you'll find 7 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Taos Taupe vs Pewter Green in Real Spaces
7 real rooms side by side. Seeing Taos Taupe and Pewter Green in actual rooms makes the difference concrete; browse the spaces below to get a feel for how each color lives on a wall.
Living Room
In a living room, color works across both daylight and evening light — the same wall can read very differently at noon and at 8pm. The LRV gap is large enough that Taos Taupe will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Pewter Green would.
Bedroom
The context that matters most in a bedroom is how a color reads under a bedside lamp at night, not under noon daylight. Taos Taupe reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Pewter Green.
Bathroom
Bathrooms are one of the few spaces where you're genuinely enclosed by the paint color, which makes the choice between these two more consequential. Taos Taupe reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Pewter Green.
Home Office
The test for a home office color isn't how it looks in a quick glance — it's whether it still feels right after a full day of work. Taos Taupe reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Pewter Green.
House
Seen across an entire facade, subtle tonal differences become pronounced. What reads as nearly the same on a chip often reads as clearly different at scale. Taos Taupe reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Pewter Green.
Front Door
A front door is a focal point — small color differences read clearly at this concentrated scale. The LRV gap is large enough that Taos Taupe will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Pewter Green would.
Kitchen Cabinets
Kitchen cabinets are constantly compared against adjacent materials, which means subtle differences between these two become much more visible. Taos Taupe reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Pewter Green.
Color Details
Taos Taupe vs Pewter Green Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Taos Taupe on one side and Pewter Green on the other.
Digital color is approximate. These simulations are generated from the manufacturer's hex values and overlaid on grayscale room photos — your screen's calibration, brightness, and viewing angle all affect how they render. Before committing to either color, test physical samples in your own space under the light you actually live with.
More Taos Taupe comparisons
See how Taos Taupe stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 24), opening up a space where Taos Taupe encloses it.
At LRV 69 vs 24, Ammonite is decisively the brighter choice.
Taos Taupe reflects far more light (LRV 24 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
At LRV 52 vs 24, Purbeck Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
A 7-point LRV gap (30 vs 24) makes Evergreen Fog the marginally brighter of the two.
Mizzle reflects far more light (LRV 52 vs 24), opening up a space where Taos Taupe encloses it.
At LRV 60 vs 24, Agreeable Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
Accessible Beige reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 24), opening up a space where Taos Taupe encloses it.
Denim Drift reads slightly lighter (LRV 27 vs 24), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 43 vs 24, French Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 24 vs 4, Taos Taupe is decisively the brighter choice.
Tranquil Dawn reflects far more light (LRV 55 vs 24), opening up a space where Taos Taupe encloses it.
Taos Taupe reads slightly lighter (LRV 24 vs 13), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Hardwick White reflects far more light (LRV 44 vs 24), opening up a space where Taos Taupe encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 24, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 24 vs 21), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Balboa Mist reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 24), opening up a space where Taos Taupe encloses it.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 24), opening up a space where Taos Taupe encloses it.
Snowbound reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 24), opening up a space where Taos Taupe encloses it.
Skimming Stone reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 24), opening up a space where Taos Taupe encloses it.
At LRV 41 vs 24, Dix Blue is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 68 vs 24, Calamine is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 25 vs 24), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Taos Taupe reads slightly lighter (LRV 24 vs 12), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Saybrook Sage reflects far more light (LRV 45 vs 24), opening up a space where Taos Taupe encloses it.
A 8-point LRV gap (31 vs 24) makes Pale Green the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 24 vs 7, Taos Taupe is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 24 vs 24), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 57 vs 24, Guilford Green is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 72 vs 24, Just Walnut is decisively the brighter choice.