Taupe

**Taupe** refers to a dark grayish-brown color.  The word "taupe" derives from the Latin name for the European Mole, _Talpa europaea_.

Originally, this referred only to the average color of the French mole, but like the colors pink and lavender, the name expanded (in the case of _taupe_ beginning in the 1940s) to encompass a wide range of varying shades.  It seems that this occurred because the color of the fur of the mole can itself be a wide range of shades, from gray through yellowish, brownish, and even purplish.

The first use of _taupe_ as a color name in English was in the early 1800s (exact year is not known).

## Meaning of taupe

- The various shades of the color _taupe_ are widely used in fashion, interior design, industrial design, and in graphic design where Pantone ink and RGB hexadecimal specifiers both describe the color as a warm gray.

- Taupe is the most popular  color for leather sofas.

## Tones of taupe color comparison chart

|Name|width=100|Color|HEX Code|Source|Red|Green|Blue|Hue|Sat|Lum|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Taupe Beige|style="background-color:#ebc2af"||#EBC2AF||235|194|175|019°|60%|80%|
|Taos Taupe|style="background-color:#bfaa80"||#BFAA80|(Pantone TPX 15-1119)|191|170|128|040°|33%|63%|
|Pale Taupe|style="background-color:#bc987e"||#BC987E|(www.99colors.net) (Mouse)|188|152|126|025°|32%|62%|
|Light Taupe|style="background-color:#b38b6d"||#B38B6D|(Taupe (Crayola colored pencils))|179|139|109|026°|32%|56%|
|Warm Taupe|style="background-color:#b29784"||#B29784|(Pantone TPX 16-1318)|178|151|132|025°|23%|61%|
|Pastel Taupe|style="background-color:#af9e89"||#AF9E89|(Light Taupe (Pantone TPX 16-1210))|175|158|137|033°|19%|61%|
|Simply Taupe|style="background-color:#aba092"||#ABA092|(Pantone TPX 16-0906)|71|100|146|034°|13%|62%|
|Plaza Taupe|style="background-color:#a79e8b"||#A79E8B|(Pantone TPX 16-1105)|167|158|139|041°|14%|60%|
|Perfect Taupe|style="background-color:#a99f95"||#A99F95|(Resene color list)|169|159|149|030°|10%|62%|
|Desert Taupe|style="background-color:#a18178"||#A18178|(Pantone TPX 17-1311)|161|129|120|013°|18%|55%|
|Sandy Taupe|style="background-color:#967117"||#967117|(ISCC-NBS)|150|113|23|043°|73%|34%|
|Taupe Gray|style="background-color:#8b8589"||#8B8589|(ISCC-NBS)|139|133|137|320°|3%|53%|
|Medium Taupe Gray|style="background-color:#88786a"||#88786A|(Taupe Gray (Pantone TPX 17-8080))|136|120|106|028°|12%|47%|
|Rose Taupe|style="background-color:#905d5d"||#905D5D|(ISCC-NBS)|144|93|93|000°|22%|46%|
|Mauve Taupe|style="background-color:#915f6d"||#915F6D|(ISCC-NBS)|145|95|109|343°|21%|47%|
|Deep Rose Taupe|style="background-color:#7E5E60"||#7E5E60|(Rose Taupe (Pantone TPX 18-1612))|126|94|96|356°|15%|43%|
|Deep Taupe|style="background-color:#715c56"||#715F6D|(Pantone TPX 18-1312)|113|92|86|313°|009%|41%|
|Taupe Brown|style="background-color:#674c47"||#674C47|ISCC-NBS (Medium Taupe)|103|76|71|009°|18%|34%|
|Purple Taupe|style="background-color:#504040"||#504040|(www.99colors.net)|80|64|77|000°|11%|28%|
|**Taupe**|style="background-color:#483c32"||**#483C32**|**(ISCC-NBS) (Taupe (Maerz and Paul))(Dark Taupe)**|**72**|**60**|**50**|**027°**|**18%**|**24%**|
|French Taupe|style="background-color:#463f32"||#463F32|(Taupe (pourpre.com))|70|63|50|039°|17%|24%|

## Related pages

- List of colors