Canvas Tan vs Tavern Taupe
Both from Sherwin-Williams's palette. Hue-wise, Canvas Tan belongs to the beige family and Tavern Taupe to the beige-greige family. Canvas Tan (LRV 64) reflects noticeably more light than Tavern Taupe (LRV 27), a difference of 38 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. Both lean warm, so they'll behave similarly in mixed or changing light conditions. With a ΔE of 25.9, 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 3 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Canvas Tan vs Tavern Taupe in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing Canvas Tan and Tavern Taupe 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 Canvas Tan will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Tavern Taupe would.
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. Canvas Tan reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Tavern Taupe.
Kitchen Cabinets
Kitchen cabinets are constantly compared against adjacent materials, which means subtle differences between these two become much more visible. Canvas Tan reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Tavern Taupe.
Color Details
Canvas Tan vs Tavern Taupe Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Canvas Tan on one side and Tavern Taupe 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 Canvas Tan comparisons
See how Canvas Tan stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
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At LRV 83 vs 64, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 64 vs 6, Canvas Tan is decisively the brighter choice.
Canvas Tan reflects far more light (LRV 64 vs 52), opening up a space where Purbeck Stone encloses it.
Canvas Tan reflects far more light (LRV 64 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
At LRV 64 vs 52, Canvas Tan is decisively the brighter choice.
Canvas Tan reads slightly lighter (LRV 64 vs 60), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 7-point LRV gap (64 vs 58) makes Canvas Tan the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 64 vs 27, Canvas Tan is decisively the brighter choice.
Canvas Tan reflects far more light (LRV 64 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
Canvas Tan reflects far more light (LRV 64 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
A 9-point LRV gap (64 vs 55) makes Canvas Tan the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 64 vs 13, Canvas Tan is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 64 vs 44, Canvas Tan is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 64), opening up a space where Canvas Tan encloses it.
Canvas Tan reflects far more light (LRV 64 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 66 vs 64), so neither reads brighter in a room.
A 10-point LRV gap (74 vs 64) makes Shoji White the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 83 vs 64, Snowbound is decisively the brighter choice.
Canvas Tan reflects far more light (LRV 64 vs 51), opening up a space where Pigeon encloses it.
At LRV 64 vs 12, Canvas Tan is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 64 vs 8, Canvas Tan is decisively the brighter choice.
A 4-point LRV gap (68 vs 64) makes Skimming Stone the marginally brighter of the two.
Canvas Tan reflects far more light (LRV 64 vs 41), opening up a space where Dix Blue encloses it.
At LRV 64 vs 12, Canvas Tan is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 64 vs 45, Canvas Tan is decisively the brighter choice.
Canvas Tan reflects far more light (LRV 64 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.