Fallen Leaves vs Threshold Taupe
Both from Sherwin-Williams's palette. These are both beige-greiges, so the question isn't which hue to choose — it's where within beige-greige to land. Threshold Taupe (LRV 34) reflects noticeably more light than Fallen Leaves (LRV 19), a difference of 14 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 16.1, 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 5 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Fallen Leaves vs Threshold Taupe in Real Spaces
5 real rooms side by side. Seeing Fallen Leaves and Threshold 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 Threshold Taupe will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Fallen Leaves 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. Threshold Taupe reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Fallen Leaves.
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. Threshold Taupe reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Fallen Leaves.
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. Threshold Taupe reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Fallen Leaves.
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 Threshold Taupe will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Fallen Leaves would.
Color Details
Fallen Leaves vs Threshold Taupe Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Fallen Leaves on one side and Threshold 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 Fallen Leaves comparisons
See how Fallen Leaves stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 19), opening up a space where Fallen Leaves encloses it.
At LRV 69 vs 19, Ammonite is decisively the brighter choice.
Fallen Leaves reflects far more light (LRV 19 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
At LRV 52 vs 19, Purbeck Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
A 11-point LRV gap (30 vs 19) makes Evergreen Fog the marginally brighter of the two.
Mizzle reflects far more light (LRV 52 vs 19), opening up a space where Fallen Leaves encloses it.
At LRV 60 vs 19, Agreeable Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
Accessible Beige reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 19), opening up a space where Fallen Leaves encloses it.
Denim Drift reads slightly lighter (LRV 27 vs 19), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 43 vs 19, French Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 19 vs 4, Fallen Leaves is decisively the brighter choice.
Tranquil Dawn reflects far more light (LRV 55 vs 19), opening up a space where Fallen Leaves encloses it.
Fallen Leaves reads slightly lighter (LRV 19 vs 13), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Hardwick White reflects far more light (LRV 44 vs 19), opening up a space where Fallen Leaves encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 19, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 21 vs 19), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Balboa Mist reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 19), opening up a space where Fallen Leaves encloses it.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 19), opening up a space where Fallen Leaves encloses it.
Snowbound reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 19), opening up a space where Fallen Leaves encloses it.
Fallen Leaves reads slightly lighter (LRV 19 vs 12), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Skimming Stone reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 19), opening up a space where Fallen Leaves encloses it.
At LRV 41 vs 19, Dix Blue is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 68 vs 19, Calamine is decisively the brighter choice.
A 5-point LRV gap (25 vs 19) makes Treron the marginally brighter of the two.
Fallen Leaves reads slightly lighter (LRV 19 vs 12), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Saybrook Sage reflects far more light (LRV 45 vs 19), opening up a space where Fallen Leaves encloses it.
A 12-point LRV gap (31 vs 19) makes Pale Green the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 19 vs 7, Fallen Leaves is decisively the brighter choice.
A 5-point LRV gap (24 vs 19) makes Cement grey the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 57 vs 19, Guilford Green is decisively the brighter choice.