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[cuddlesmama]

We just stripped all the wallpaper off  in the  sitting room in our house what a job never again will I wallpaper anything. This was a dark maroon. I am now seeing that Taupe paint is everywhere and I am really liking the color seems like a classic color. Anyone have a room painted a taupe color that you love? I am looking for a medium taupe color not a light color as I have white  around my french doors in that room and windows and still want the white not to stand out and not just blend into the room. Thanks !

[jackthebear]

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@cuddlesmama wrote:

We just stripped all the wallpaper off  in the  sitting room in our house what a job never again will I wallpaper anything. This was a dark maroon. I am now seeing that Taupe paint is everywhere and I am really liking the color seems like a classic color. Anyone have a room painted a taupe color that you love? I am looking for a medium taupe color not a light color as I have white  around my french doors in that room and windows and still want the white not to stand out and not just blend into the room. Thanks !

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I used a taupe grey color in my dining room that I love and will eventually use in the rest of the house, it does contrast with the white trim

it's a Moore color called xxxx Oak,  of course, I can't remember the first part of the color but the google will help 

[CalminHeart]

How dark is the taupe. I just painted my LR and DR a very light taupe on the walls. I used Glidden Ash PPG1076-2.  I used a good paint quality level. It looks more like a pale cream on the paper but it turned out to be a nice light taupe looks great next to the bright white ceiling paint. I put a darker brown/taupe shade on one wall.

I had a medium tan shade on the walls before and really wanted to brighten up the rooms. The lighter shade made a huge difference.

[jackthebear]

@cuddlesmama  Pale Oak 

[Skyegirl21]

Love Ben Moore Abalone, has a purple undertone. Be careful of the undertone ! I have been burned with a green undertone before with taupe shades!  Test the colors in different light in the room!  Test, test, test! See website Samplize for samples. 
Ps:  I have removed tons of wallpaper- what a nightmare!! 

[sandy53]

I like Kilim Beige by Sherwin Williams.  It is on the khaki side of taupe.

[gizmogal]

I don't say this will work for every papered wall, but my painter redid a wallpapered kitchen by applying a coat of good quality primer right over the wallpaper to eliminate any sight of the pattern (dark green ivy vines on white background). Now it looked like a solid, primed wall. Then he painted the color I had selected and painted over the primer. Voila! Freshly painted room with no wallpaper removal hassle.

It's been like that for several years. My kitchen is a dove gray with white trim and white cabinets. The wallpaper stayed on the walls, the paint color is still there and labor was vastly saved. 

It worked well enough to convince me to do the same on the bathroom walls above the lower tile. It's a small bathroom and I did it myself. I primed it and painted it by myself one weekend. Very satisfying and worth the couple of hours for the primer and main paint to go on a day apart. 

[godi]

I Googled number one taupe paint color. Benjamin Moore has six listed that the customers chose. They are 

Driftwood 

Weimaraner

Indian River

Smokey Taupe

Brandon Beige 

Shaker Beige 

We also have Kilm Beige in our great room depending on lighting it looks taupe to beige. 

[NickNack]

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@sandy53 wrote:

I like Kilim Beige by Sherwin Williams.  It is on the khaki side of taupe.

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I used Kilim Beige by Sherwin Williams for my entire house a few years ago.  I absolutely love it.  There are lots of pictures on Pinterest of rooms painted in this color.

[PINKdogWOOD]

Taupe I think si really a hard color to describe and I think it can easily pick up different tones depending on what accessories you pair with it.

Pretty much all of our rooms are 'taupe', I like to call it a cafe au lait (coffee with cream) but on the light beige or sand at the beach tone. It's very neutral, I decorate with lots of accent colors as I change out the drapes at the one large living rm window along with my front door window and the long narrow side window next to the door. 

This paint is by PittsburghPaints. Love this color, so easy to work with, soft on the eyes, very classic I think.