Grayish vs Truly Taupe
Both from Sherwin-Williams's palette. Hue-wise, Grayish belongs to the grey family and Truly Taupe to the greige-grey family. Grayish (LRV 60) reflects noticeably more light than Truly Taupe (LRV 35), a difference of 24 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. Grayish runs neutral while Truly Taupe is decidedly warm, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. 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 2 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Grayish vs Truly Taupe in Real Spaces
2 real rooms side by side. Seeing Grayish and Truly 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 Grayish will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Truly 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. Grayish reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Truly Taupe.
Color Details
Grayish vs Truly Taupe Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Grayish on one side and Truly 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 Grayish comparisons
See how Grayish stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 60), opening up a space where Grayish encloses it.
A 8-point LRV gap (60 vs 52) makes Grayish the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 60 vs 30, Grayish is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 60 vs 60), so neither reads brighter in a room.
With LRVs of 60 and 58, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Grayish reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
At LRV 60 vs 43, Grayish is decisively the brighter choice.
Grayish reads slightly lighter (LRV 60 vs 55), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Grayish reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 44), opening up a space where Hardwick White encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 60, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
Balboa Mist reads slightly lighter (LRV 66 vs 60), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 60), opening up a space where Grayish encloses it.
Grayish reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Skimming Stone reads slightly lighter (LRV 68 vs 60), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Grayish reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Grayish reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 45), opening up a space where Saybrook Sage encloses it.
At LRV 60 vs 31, Grayish is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 60 vs 7, Grayish is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 60 vs 24, Grayish is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 60 vs 57), so neither reads brighter in a room.