Behr Perfect Taupe PPU18-13
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- Perfect Taupe for bedroom (2 photos)
- Perfect Taupe for living room (3 photos)
- Behr PPU18-13 on kitchen cabinets (2 photos)
- Behr Perfect Taupe reviews (5 photos)
- What are Behr Perfect Taupe undertones?
- Is Perfect Taupe PPU18-13 cool or warm?
- How light temperature affects on Perfect Taupe
- Monochromatic color scheme
- Complementary color scheme
- Color comparison and matching
- LRV of Perfect Taupe PPU18-13
- Color codes
- Color equivalents
| Code: | PPU18-13 |
| Name: | Perfect Taupe |
| Brand: | Behr |
What color is Behr Perfect Taupe?
Behr Perfect Taupe PPU18-13 is a light, muted taupe with a soft beige-gray cast and restrained warmth. Its low-saturation appearance keeps it from reading overly brown, giving walls a quiet, grounded neutral that still has noticeable depth. In brighter daylight, this shade can look lighter and more gray-beige, while warm artificial lighting may draw out its sandy undertone. It suits living rooms, bedrooms, and open-plan spaces, especially alongside creamy whites, charcoal accents, natural oak, linen, and brushed black metal. Perfect Taupe also makes a measured choice for cabinetry or an exterior body color when paired with clean off-white trim.
Perfect Taupe for bedroom (2 photos)
We’ve hand-picked a beautiful collection of photos of this amazing beige shade used in real bedrooms. Take a look and imagine how this wonderful warm mid-tone paint color could transform your own bedroom space.
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Perfect Taupe for living room (3 photos)
Check out this stunning mid-tone color used in real living rooms. Explore how this beige shade can create a unique space
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Behr PPU18-13 on kitchen cabinets (2 photos)
Want a stylish kitchen? View real-life photo examples of this fascinating warm beige hue is paired with backsplashes, countertops, and hardware.
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Behr Perfect Taupe reviews (5 photos)
View the photos of real spaces painted with this beige that were not included in specific categories. Close-ups, painted furniture, storages and dressers, hallways, stairs and ceilings.
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What are Behr Perfect Taupe undertones?
Perfect Taupe is a mid-light, very muted muted beige. The HEX sample has a subtle yellow-orange bias, but its low chroma turns that hue into a neutral-looking color rather than a clear yellow-orange. Warm bulbs can make it look creamier or more golden, while cool daylight may mute that warmth and pull it closer to beige or greige.
HEX value:
RGB code:
182, 172, 160
Is Behr Perfect Taupe cool or warm?
warm
cool
With a hue of 33°, this Beige reads warm on the HSL color wheel.
PPU18-13 Perfect Taupe HSL code: 33, 13%, 67%
Hue - degree on a color wheel from 0 to 360. 0 is red, 120 is green, and 240 is blue.
Saturation is expressed as a percentage. At 0%, it appears as a shade of grey, and at 100%, it is in full color.
Lightness is also a percentage value. 0% is black, and 100% is white.
How light temperature affects Perfect Taupe
Natural Lighting. During the day, natural light shifts from about 2000 K at sunrise/sunset to 5500–6500 K at noon.
In addition, natural-light temperature depends on its direction:
| Direction of sunlight | Visible temp. | Hue | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| North | Cool | Bluish | All day |
| East | Warm | Yellow | Before noon |
| West | Warm | Orange-red | After noon |
| South | Warm | Orange-yellow | All day |
Artificial Lighting. When choosing bulbs, pay attention to their color temperature in Kelvins.
Use the slider to see how this Beige shade looks under different lighting:
4000K
Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Behr Perfect Taupe:
Monochromatic color scheme
This scheme consists of various shades, tints, and tones of a single color. While it offers a perfect combination of hues, without accent décor it may become monotonous.
Lighter shades
PPU18-13
Perfect Taupe
Darker shades
Complementary color scheme
This color scheme is a combination of two shades that are opposite each other on the color wheel. The high contrast between these colors creates a vibrant and dynamic visual effect. For the color Perfect Taupe with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 213, such as Behr Icicles and Shaved Ice.
LRV of Perfect Taupe
Perfect Taupe has an LRV of 42.21% and refers to Light Medium colors that reflect half of the incident light. Why LRV is important?
Light Reflectance Value measures the amount of visible and usable light that reflects from a painted surface.
Simply put, the higher the LRV of a paint color, the brighter the room you will get.
The scale goes from 0% (absolute black, absorbing all light) to 100% (pure white, reflecting all light).
Act like a pro: When choosing paint with an LRV of 42.21%, pay attention to your bulbs' brightness. Light brightness is measured in lumens. The lower the paint's LRV, the higher lumen level you need. Every square foot of room needs at least 40 lumens. That means for a 200 ft2 living room you'll need about 8000 lumens of light – e.g., eight 1000 lm bulbs.
Color codes
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Not sure what the difference between HEX and RGB is? We break down color models in plain language. Understanding color models
| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| HEX | #b6aca0 |
| RGB Decimal | 182, 172, 160 |
| RGB Percent | 71.37%, 67.45%, 62.75% |
| HSV | Hue: 33° Saturation: 12.09% Value: 71.37% |
| HSL | hsl(33, 13, 67) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 5.49 Yellow: 12.09 Key: 28.63 |
| YIQ | Y: 173.622 I: 9.815 Q: -1.619 |
| XYZ | X: 40.388 Y: 41.989 Z: 39.225 |
| CIE Lab | L:70.863 a:1.492 b:7.455 |
| CIE Luv | L:70.863 u:6.635 v:10.405 |
| Decimal | 11971744 |
| Hunter Lab | 64.799, -2.142, 9.469 |
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