Still Water vs Truly Taupe
Both from Sherwin-Williams's palette. Hue-wise, Still Water belongs to the blue-grey family and Truly Taupe to the greige-grey family. Truly Taupe (LRV 35) reflects noticeably more light than Still Water (LRV 10), a difference of 25 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. Still Water runs cool while Truly Taupe is decidedly warm, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. With a ΔE of 31.3, 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 4 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Still Water vs Truly Taupe in Real Spaces
4 real rooms side by side. Seeing Still Water 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 Truly Taupe will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Still Water 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. Truly Taupe reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Still Water.
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. Truly Taupe reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Still Water.
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 Truly Taupe will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Still Water would.
Color Details
Still Water vs Truly Taupe Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Still Water 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 Still Water comparisons
See how Still Water stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
At LRV 83 vs 10, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
Ammonite reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 10), opening up a space where Still Water encloses it.
A 5-point LRV gap (10 vs 6) makes Still Water the marginally brighter of the two.
Purbeck Stone reflects far more light (LRV 52 vs 10), opening up a space where Still Water encloses it.
Evergreen Fog reflects far more light (LRV 30 vs 10), opening up a space where Still Water encloses it.
At LRV 52 vs 10, Mizzle is decisively the brighter choice.
Agreeable Gray reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 10), opening up a space where Still Water encloses it.
At LRV 58 vs 10, Accessible Beige is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 27 vs 10, Denim Drift is decisively the brighter choice.
French Gray reflects far more light (LRV 43 vs 10), opening up a space where Still Water encloses it.
Still Water reads slightly lighter (LRV 10 vs 4), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 55 vs 10, Tranquil Dawn is decisively the brighter choice.
A 3-point LRV gap (13 vs 10) makes Bancha the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 44 vs 10, Hardwick White is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 10), opening up a space where Still Water encloses it.
Artichoke reads slightly lighter (LRV 21 vs 10), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 66 vs 10, Balboa Mist is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 74 vs 10, Shoji White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 83 vs 10, Snowbound is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 12 vs 10), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 68 vs 10, Skimming Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
Dix Blue reflects far more light (LRV 41 vs 10), opening up a space where Still Water encloses it.
Calamine reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 10), opening up a space where Still Water encloses it.
Treron reflects far more light (LRV 25 vs 10), opening up a space where Still Water encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 12 vs 10), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 45 vs 10, Saybrook Sage is decisively the brighter choice.
Pale Green reflects far more light (LRV 31 vs 10), opening up a space where Still Water encloses it.
Still Water reads slightly lighter (LRV 10 vs 7), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Cement grey reflects far more light (LRV 24 vs 10), opening up a space where Still Water encloses it.
Guilford Green reflects far more light (LRV 57 vs 10), opening up a space where Still Water encloses it.