Pale Taupe
PPG1073-3 · #E2D1C8 · LRV 66 — warm red-orange tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Revere Pewter55
- 2Agreeable Gray60
- 3Pale Taupe66
- 4Shoji White74
- 5Dover White83
What Color Is Pale Taupe, Really?
Pale Taupe reads as a warm red-orange tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how PPG / Glidden PPG1073-3 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Pale Taupe
Pale Taupe is an easy whole-room color for living spaces and bedrooms, and light enough to carry onto trim or a ceiling if you want a soft, seamless look. Greige-leaning neutrals like this are the safe whole-home choice when you want warmth without committing to a color.
How Lighting Changes Pale Taupe
At LRV 66, Pale Taupe is a light color that bounces daylight around a room without tipping into stark white. Its orange undertone is the part to watch: it gets picked up by whatever sits next to it, so test it against your trim, floor and the room's main light before committing. It holds its undertone in most exposures, which is what makes light shades like this so forgiving room to room.
Most complaints about Pale Taupe are a light mismatch. Upload a photo of your actual room and see it on your walls — then ask for the same wall in north light or evening lamps before you buy a single sample.
Need It From Another Brand?
Any paint counter can custom-tint PPG / Glidden PPG1073-3 directly. If you would rather stay in one brand's own deck, these are the closest stock matches, measured as ΔE2000. Under 2 is a difference you will not see on the wall.
| Brand | Closest color | ΔE | LRV | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherwin-Williams | Only NaturalSW 7596 · Sherwin-Williams | 3.4 | 67 | Color page → |
| Behr | Mocha IceN150-1 · Behr | 1.6 | 66 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Light Mocha2096-60 · Benjamin Moore | 1.1 | 63 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Tender Shell1006-10C · Valspar | 1.2 | 64.8 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Pale TaupePPG1073-3 · Glidden | 0.4 | 66 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | Thinking Pink305-1DB · Dutch Boy | 2.6 | 66 | Color page → |
Similar PPG / Glidden Colors
The nearest shades to Pale Taupe within PPG / Glidden's own range, ranked by perceptual color distance — useful when you want the same look a touch lighter, darker, or warmer.
WCAG 2.1: AA is 4.5 : 1 for normal text, 3 : 1 for large text, AAA is 7 : 1.
Coordinated palette
Generated by hue-rotating #E2D1C8 in HSL space. Pair Pale Taupe with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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