taupe
Sign in to saveTaupe ( ) is a dark gray-brown color. The word derives from the French noun taupe meaning "mole". The name originally referred only to the average color of the French mole, but beginning in the 1940s, its usage expanded to encompass a wider range of shades.
Key facts
- Color.title
- Taupe Beige
- Color.hex
- 927C66
- Color.isccname
- Grayish reddish brown
- Color.source
- Pantone TPX
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
14 sectionsContents
- Description
- Variations of taupe
- Pale taupe (mouse)
- Light taupe
- Mauve taupe
- Rose taupe
- Sandy taupe
- Taupe gray
- Deep taupe
- Taupe brown
- Taupe Beige
- See also
- References
- External links
Taupe ( ) is a dark gray-brown color. The word derives from the French noun taupe meaning "mole". The name originally referred only to the average color of the French mole, but beginning in the 1940s, its usage expanded to encompass a wider range of shades.
Taupe is a vague color term which may refer to almost any grayish brown or brownish gray, but true taupe is difficult to pinpoint as brown or gray.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “taupe” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.