Talk:Taupe

Slang
Hey, that slang section is probably wrong. No one uses that. I feel like that was just some kid trying to create his own slang here. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.102.122.159 (talk) 08:48, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

'80s computers
"Taupe"? the color of 1980s computers? We call that "beige." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.228.80.203 (talk) 15:07, 2006 July 24 (UTC)

Animal color
"The color refers to the French name for the European Mole, Talpa europaea. The fur of this animal has this color."

No it doesn't. Moles are much darker. I've been trying to find out why there's such a difference between the color of the animal and the color of the color, but so far no luck. El Mariachi 02:44, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

The etymology of the word is based upon the color of a rodent, the name also appears in the English speaking world as "mouse's back." Moles, mice and ats ahe variation in color, from white, to coffee warm gray to dark cool gray. Likely the color name was absed on a variant that combined warm (coffee color) with cool gray, pretty much what is commonly called taupe today, and considerably more complex than computer hardware beige. CApitol3 16:05, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

Better description required
It is very difficult to understand a colour from a small example block on a computer monitor!

I think we need to look at adding a much more verbose and descriptive explanation. Would it be fair to say, for example, that taupe generally means a subdued greyish colour, usually containing a tint of another colour (for example brown)?

Brewabeer 23:59, 12 December 2006 (UTC)


 * "Would it be fair to say, for example, that taupe generally means a subdued greyish colour, usually containing a tint of another colour (for example brown)?"
 * No "generally" needed. Taupe always refers to a gray with some brown in it, or, if you prefer, a brown with a lot of gray in it. It's essentially a very-low-saturation brown. But it's also one of the vaguest and most variable color terms there is, so it will unfortunately never be "nailed down" adequately on the Wikipedia page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.243.8.146 (talk) 05:25, 2007 June 11 (UTC)

"The world standard for color before the invention of computers"???
The article mentions "the 1930 book A Dictionary of Color, the world standard for color terms before the invention of computers.".

This is insupportable for several reasons. A big one is that the range of colors that the vast majority of computer monitors can produce is only a fraction of the range of human color vision, as well as the range of colors produced by pigments: see the article Gamut and particularly the diagram on the upper right. So color standards for computers are certainly not color standards for the real world.

Another is that for many, many years after the invention of computers in the 1940's, almost all computers were unable to display any significant range of colors at all.Daqu (talk) 14:04, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

Pronunciation
Can someone who knows please add something about how 'taupe' is pronounced? Thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.67.157.120 (talk) 09:42, 4 August 2008 (UTC) torp ryming with warp, or tope ryming with pope, I don't know for deffinite but thats what I've heard.(86.31.184.151 (talk) 14:31, 28 December 2008 (UTC))

Possible removal from list
An entry in List of colors: N–Z contained a link to this page.

The entry is :


 * Purple taupe

I don't see any evidence that this color is discussed in this article and plan to delete it from the list per this discussion: Talk:List_of_colors

If someone decides that this color should have a section in this article and it is added, I would appreciate a ping.-- S Philbrick (Talk)  12:55, 3 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Now removed from List of colors: N–Z.-- S Philbrick (Talk)  00:32, 25 September 2018 (UTC)

Dark taupe
Dark taupe is mentioned in an almost offhanded way with a statement that it is another name for the color whose hex code is #483C32. However, that statement is not backed up by any references.

I don't plan to edit this article as my current focus is on the color lists articles (e.g. List_of_colors:_A–F). I do plan to remove this entry from that list, but if someone does some research and can can find evidence that there is a color by this name, it can be restored.-- S Philbrick (Talk)  00:32, 25 September 2018 (UTC)

Conflicting boxes
All I know is you have a thin box, and then a thick box, both marked "#483C32" but the first is darker.

I think the templates should all have a double check mechanism, to make sure nobody can say something different than what gets shown.

Or make sure there is only one way to create the template, with all the other fields created automatically, read-only. Jidanni (talk) 01:54, 9 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Both boxes are displaying the same color. The issue you are seeing is an illusion created in the retina. The the bright background surrounding the thinner box causes the retina to make the color in the thin box appear darker before it is sent to the brain (the opposite also happens when a thin bright box is surrounded by a dark background). —  al-Shimoni  (talk) 11:31, 31 January 2024 (UTC)