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Sherwin Williams Poised Taupe Color Of The Year 2017

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In this post you’ll learn all about Sherwin Williams Poised Taupe Color Of The Year 2017!

It’s undertones and more!

Today I’m sharing the latest color news with you to give you inspiration for your next paint project!

Sherwin Williams just announced it’s Color of the Year and let me tell you – it’s gorgeous!

SW 6039 Poised Taupe 

For your home: Looking for a paint color to paint your next room? See why I love Poised Taupe SW 6039 - Sherwin Williams Color of the Year 2017 and how it looks in real rooms!

SW Poised Taupe is a timeless neutral paint color.

Is Poised Taupe Warm or Cool?

It’s the perfect blend of warm and cool colors – brown meets gray!

Sherwin Williams Poised Taupe Undertone

Poised Taupe SW 6039. has a violet gray undertone.

It can look somewhat purple in certain lighting.

It can be used in any room from the kitchen to living room to bedroom!

It’s a sophisticated, fresh, comfortable neutral that is the perfect jumping off point to create a color scheme for your home.

Try it out in your home with a mess free peel & stick paint sample of SW Poised Taupe.

This beautiful, rich taupe is gorgeous.

“Poised Taupe celebrates everything people love about cool gray as a neutral, and also brings in the warmth of brown, taking a color to an entirely new level,” said Sue Wadden, director of color marketing at Sherwin-Williams, in the press release.

“Not cool or warm, nor gray or brown, Poised Taupe is a weathered, woodsy neutral bringing a sense of coziness and harmony that people are seeking.”

“Consumers yearn for spaces that feel welcoming and hug them as they enter.

Earthen brown combined with conservative gray, creating Poised Taupe, embodies all of these emotions,” says Wadden.

Sherwin Williams Poised Taupe In Real Rooms

Poised Taupe the newest, gorgeous greige paint for 2017! See it here!

Here are some painting ideas using this color:

Living Room

It’s a cozy, neutral color in a living room or family room.

2017 Color of the Year Poised Taupe - see it in a beautiful living room.

Foyer and Hallway

It looks amazing with white trim and dark wood tones

Poised Taupe Color of the Year 2017 looks gorgeous in this hallway and foyer with dark wood tones.


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Kitchen

It’s beautiful with white cabinets and wood and metal dining furniture.

Poised Taupe paint color in a kitchen - beautiful with white cabinets and wood and metal dining furniture.

Bedroom

Poised Taupe color looks stunning with classic furniture styles:

Poised taupe paint color for bedroom walls - beautiful with classic furniture styles.

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For your home: Looking for a paint color to paint your next room? See why I love Poised Taupe SW 6039 - Sherwin Williams Color of the Year 2017 and how it looks in real rooms!

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heatherHeather is a Designer, True Color Expert® and proud military wife at Setting For Four Interiors. Heather offers online Interior Design and Paint Color Services. See all of our design tips & tricks on the blog and follow us on Instagram for more design and decor inspiration!

Comments

  1. Frances Hurst says

    September 14, 2016 at 6:44 am

    It’s a pretty color, but just a bit too much to the brown for me.

    Reply
    • heather says

      September 14, 2016 at 8:55 am

      Hi Frances – thanks for sharing your thoughts on this color! 🙂

      Reply
  2. Sarah says

    September 14, 2016 at 7:02 am

    Hello Heather?…….poised taupe is really a beautiful colour!! My back entrance needs a new paint job and this colour would do the job but for one issue. The woodwork is unstained pine left to weather naturally thus is now a golden yellow. I can’t see it with poised taupe, can you? Painting the woodwork isn’t going to happen?….(says my hubby☹️)

    Reply
    • heather says

      September 14, 2016 at 8:54 am

      Hi Sarah – I’m so glad you like poised taupe too! For your back entrance – I don’t think it’s the right color to compliment your golden yellow pine either. Thanks for visiting!

      Reply
  3. Starr says

    September 14, 2016 at 8:27 am

    Love it!

    Reply
    • heather says

      September 14, 2016 at 8:43 am

      Oh great – so glad you love it too Starr!! Have a wonderful day!

      Reply
  4. Beverly giles says

    September 14, 2016 at 11:43 am

    Beautiful color. Wish we were painting

    Reply
  5. Terri says

    September 14, 2016 at 2:28 pm

    I do Iike Poised Taupe, but only with quite a bit of white trim.
    White seems to compliment it much nicer than wood tones.
    Love your blog! Thanks?

    Reply
    • heather says

      September 15, 2016 at 5:48 pm

      You’re so right – this color looks great with white trim. Some wood tones would fight with the brown in the paint color. So glad you love my blog – thanks for sharing that! 🙂

      Reply
  6. ann says

    September 14, 2016 at 5:32 pm

    I really like the color poised taupe. I think in would look good in my foyer and hallway. I will try it there first
    Thanks.

    Reply
    • heather says

      September 15, 2016 at 5:47 pm

      So glad you like it and it would be a fabulous color for a foyer! 🙂

      Reply
  7. Babette Thurston says

    September 14, 2016 at 10:00 pm

    Hi Heather,
    Poised taupe is a beautiful color and I really liked you showing how it could go with different rooms. Although, it may be a bit darker than I like for my neutrals. I don’t always get much natural light so I feel like it would be too dark and some of my rooms. I do like it though! Thanks for the painting tips too!

    Reply
  8. Pam Good says

    September 15, 2016 at 12:00 pm

    Hmmm, I like the poised taupe color. I’ve been transitioning our house from beige to gray so this would be a great color to tie rooms together.

    Reply
    • heather says

      September 15, 2016 at 5:39 pm

      Hi Pam! Glad you like this color too! 🙂

      Reply
  9. Hillary says

    September 15, 2016 at 3:50 pm

    Ooh, I love it! The photo of the bedroom is stunning.

    Reply
  10. Carol Gill says

    September 15, 2016 at 11:24 pm

    I love this color. If I painted my lower kitchen cabinets this color what do you suggest for the uppers, wall, and trim? I do not want my wall that dark. The cabinets are a large island (14 x 8) with lower cabinets in a U. There are minimal upper cabinets. The room is 18 x 16 and has five large windows. I realize this is a little involved but something so permanent that it scares terribly.

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    • heather says

      September 16, 2016 at 10:18 am

      Hi Carol – First I’d do a test swatch to see how Poised Taupe color looks in your kitchen space – with the lighting your kitchen gets. If you still like the color in your space and you paint the lower cabinets this color I would paint the uppers white. With white upper cabinets stick to the same white or similar white color on the walls and trim. White walls will make the upper cabinets look cohesive, will let your lowers look fabulous and your overall kitchen pulled together. If you’d like to add another color to your kitchen add it with tea towels, a runner in front of your sink and art on the walls. I hope that helps!

      Reply
  11. Gina says

    September 24, 2016 at 1:13 am

    I like! I was thinking of Dovetail (Sw7018) and clary sage ( 6178) but maybe I’ll give Poised taupe a chance ! Thanks

    Reply
  12. Erin says

    September 27, 2016 at 5:09 pm

    Love it! I’d love to see it next to Kelly Moore’s Chadwick. We have that in our whole house and it’s been great.

    Reply
    • heather says

      September 27, 2016 at 8:53 pm

      That would be a beautiful combination – Chadwick is so pretty!

      Reply
  13. Tammy says

    October 8, 2016 at 11:59 pm

    Love this color, it would really compliment the other colors in our house! Thinking it may be perfect for our living room.

    Reply
    • heather says

      October 10, 2016 at 9:41 am

      Super Tammy! Glad you found this color to be the perfect one for your living room – it’s such a gorgeous neutral isn’t it?

      Reply
  14. Debra says

    October 10, 2016 at 3:01 pm

    I just purchased this color and it is so much darker than the photo shows. Is it better to prime walls first? Please help!

    Reply
    • heather says

      October 10, 2016 at 3:51 pm

      Hi Debra – I typically don’t prime my walls before I paint unless I’m covering a very dark color or a bright color. Does your room not get much natural light? That could be why it looks darker.

      Reply
  15. DeAnn Stiglitz says

    October 10, 2016 at 7:56 pm

    I love this colour. It is exactly the colour I ead searching for to paint my living room. Thank you Shermin Williams!!

    Reply
    • Cindy says

      June 17, 2020 at 6:21 pm

      Could this be used on the exterior? We have a 2 tone grey roof and a brown/beige brick wall around our house. Do you think it will tie in the colors?

      Reply
      • heather says

        June 22, 2020 at 9:42 am

        It all depends on the undertones of your grey roof and brick wall. You can read my article about paint color undertones – search ‘paint undertones’ on my site. Hope that helps!

        Reply
  16. Vivian says

    October 11, 2016 at 10:35 am

    Does Poised Taupe have a purple tone.

    Reply
    • heather says

      October 11, 2016 at 1:34 pm

      In my opinion it looks like it does have a slight mauve undertone Vivian.

      Reply
  17. Elyssa says

    October 12, 2016 at 2:08 pm

    Hi Heather- Any chance you know where the light in the bedroom is from?

    Reply
    • heather says

      October 14, 2016 at 9:44 am

      Sorry I don’t know where it’s from Elyssa!

      Reply
  18. Melissa Robison says

    October 16, 2016 at 8:03 am

    I’ve been looking for a woodsy color. Now I’ve got to go and pick some up. Thanks!

    Reply
  19. Roxanne Ellis says

    October 19, 2016 at 2:15 pm

    Love the color… it maybe the next color for my living room…..can’t wait

    Reply
  20. Leah says

    October 26, 2016 at 12:06 am

    Who makes that bed? And if you don’t know, where did you get the photo so I can track it down.

    Reply
    • heather says

      October 27, 2016 at 9:53 am

      I don’t know Leah – the photo is from the Sherwin Williams website.

      Reply
      • Debbie Harmon says

        November 24, 2016 at 10:23 pm

        if you were to use this in your living room what color would you use in your dining room that can be seen from the living room?

        Reply
        • heather says

          November 28, 2016 at 7:58 am

          Try a shade lighter or darker on the same paint chip as poised taupe!

          Reply
  21. A says

    November 2, 2016 at 8:59 pm

    I like the color. It seems woodsy but elegant!

    Reply
    • heather says

      November 4, 2016 at 12:21 pm

      I agree – it is woodsy and elegant! 🙂

      Reply
  22. Steph says

    November 4, 2016 at 10:45 pm

    This is a fantastic color! Noe I just have to figure out which walls to use this on!!

    Reply
  23. Crystal Wonitoy says

    November 7, 2016 at 1:07 am

    I really like this color, we have a “greige” color that my hubby thinks is a bit too much on the beige side, so I’m going to definitely pick up a sample size and try it out!

    Reply
  24. jesst says

    November 20, 2016 at 1:41 pm

    Really nice color! Is it me (or my computer), but is there a hint of purple in it?

    Reply
    • heather says

      November 21, 2016 at 2:36 pm

      Yes – I think there may be a purple undertone to it but to know for sure ask at your SW store! Our computer monitors can be deceiving!

      Reply
    • Krissy says

      January 12, 2017 at 2:48 pm

      I see purple too.

      Reply
  25. Susan says

    November 28, 2016 at 3:31 pm

    This may be the color I have been looking for!

    Reply
  26. Jamie Bailey-Perepelkin says

    December 14, 2016 at 5:06 pm

    Ok… so I now know what color I will be doing in my house…. I love it.

    Reply
  27. Michelle says

    December 18, 2016 at 10:25 pm

    Hi Heather! The color looks amazing. I also fell in love with the pendant next to the bed in the picture with the heels on the floor. Can you tell me where to find it? Thanks! Michelle

    Reply
    • heather says

      December 19, 2016 at 8:49 pm

      Hi Michelle – so glad you like this color too! Unfortunately I don’t know where it’s from!! Have a beautiful week!

      Reply
  28. Meghan Sullivan says

    December 19, 2016 at 11:56 am

    Do you think this color pairs nicely with Colonnade Gray? I am considering paint our island cabinets Poised Taupe and the wall color will be 50% Colonnade Gray. Alabaster for the trim and Pearly White for the ceilings. Thanks for your thoughts!

    Reply
    • heather says

      December 21, 2016 at 6:03 pm

      Hi Meaghan – I’m not sure if it will work because I don’t know the other finishes you have in your space. I offer an online decorating service with a Free 30 minute consult where I make paint recommendations – you can read more about that here! https://www.settingforfour.com/about/online-decorating-services/ 🙂

      Reply
  29. Diana says

    December 26, 2016 at 12:53 pm

    Hello Heather,

    I love this color for my walls and want to paint cabinets and trim white. What SW white do you recommend to use with the Poised Taupe? (I want to bring out more of the gray tones

    Thanks,
    Diana

    Reply
    • heather says

      December 27, 2016 at 4:27 pm

      Hi Diana! I love this color too! I can’t recommend paint colors unless I know what the other colors and finishes in your space are, but I offer a free 30 minute Style Success decor consult as part of my online decorating services and I know I could help you out! You can book your Free Style Success Session here: https://calendly.com/settingforfour/30min

      Reply
  30. Cheryl Wilson says

    January 2, 2017 at 4:50 am

    I love the Poised Taupe color, I am painting our living room and I am considering this color. I do have a taupe couch with accent pillows of rust, rusty orange and grey. Would that be to much? Plus I am considering and different color for an accent wall. Any ideas? Then after all that need to consider curtain color, my living room is getting a whole new look can’t wait. Any ideas would be most helpful. Thank You.

    Reply
    • heather says

      January 3, 2017 at 9:55 am

      Hi Cheryl – I’d love to help you with your space – unfortunately I can’t help you without knowing the other colors and finishes in your space and your style. I offer online decorating services. You can book a FREE 30 minute Style Success Session with me here: https://calendly.com/settingforfour/30min/01-03-2017. I can certainly help you create a beautiful room!

      Reply
  31. Jess says

    January 6, 2017 at 10:01 am

    Hey! Is this color available in Proclassic? If it came in spraypaint I would be on my eay to SW right now. I think this is my kitchen cabinet color!!

    Reply
  32. Ellen Matthews says

    January 8, 2017 at 12:41 am

    Gorgeous color and great tips!

    Reply
  33. Krissy says

    January 12, 2017 at 2:47 pm

    Any idea where the mirror in the bedroom shot is from? I’ve been on the hunt for something similar.

    Reply
    • heather says

      January 12, 2017 at 3:13 pm

      No I don’t know where it’s from Krissy. I hope you do find it!

      Reply
  34. Cindee Devall says

    January 13, 2017 at 7:51 am

    Would this color work on a in a large bright space against golden oak wood trim, shelves and flooring?

    Reply
  35. Tammy Dellanno-boston says

    January 25, 2017 at 11:52 am

    I’m in love with this color painting my living room!!

    Reply
  36. Belle says

    January 26, 2017 at 10:06 pm

    It’s by far one of the best taupe colors I have ever seen. It is definitely one of the colors that will be considered for my master bedroom makeover!!

    Reply
  37. Vickie says

    January 27, 2017 at 2:58 pm

    Would thins color look good against dark wood color pieces? And also with navy?

    Reply
  38. Krissy Breeden says

    January 31, 2017 at 5:13 pm

    Can’t wait for a free sample! The color is gorgeous!

    Reply
  39. Jennifer says

    February 4, 2017 at 9:57 am

    Just painted my bedroom with this color and love it. I have a lot of white trim. Stunning!!!

    Reply
  40. SANDY WATTS says

    February 16, 2017 at 3:56 pm

    Beautiful Color!!!!

    Reply
  41. Vikki says

    March 11, 2017 at 11:23 am

    I love the richness of it.

    Reply
  42. Sophie says

    April 24, 2017 at 9:36 am

    Can anyone suggest the same colour but in a UK brand please? Love it but not easy to find over here… Thanks

    Reply
    • heather says

      April 28, 2017 at 8:08 pm

      Sophie – I would take a picture of this color to your local paint store – use your iphone or android phone to pull up a picture of it. Show it to the staff at the paint store and ask them to color match it. A paint store should be able to do that – they do that here. Hope that helps!

      Reply
  43. Agnes says

    June 28, 2017 at 2:26 pm

    Great color i love it. One must incorporate white trim to get a similar effect. Thanks for sharing.

    Reply
  44. Beckie Fulcher says

    June 30, 2017 at 5:02 pm

    I love this color! Poised Taupe is exactly what I’ve been looking for to paint the outside of my house! And… Sherwin Williams is the very best paint! I would never use anything else.
    I love the white trim as well, but what do you think about an accent color for the door? Should I choose a red, turquoise, or another color? (Living in Florida on a lake.)
    Thank you!

    Reply
    • heather says

      July 5, 2017 at 11:48 am

      Thank you Beckie for visiting! It’s hard to pick out a front door color without knowing the colors of your roof and brick/siding. I’m sure your Sherwin Williams store staff can recommend a color for you if you tell them the other colors you have on your exterior!

      Reply
  45. Sue says

    July 29, 2017 at 8:33 pm

    I painted my bedroom. Love it. White duvet cover and lamps with dark brown pine. Would like some good accent colors. Haven’t found one yet!

    Reply
  46. Debbie Giebe says

    September 27, 2017 at 1:13 pm

    What is the best color of carpeting to go with Poised Taupe? I need new carpet and would like your advise.

    Thank You!

    Debbie

    Reply
  47. Johna R Nelson says

    October 11, 2017 at 3:58 pm

    Hi, Heather 🙂 Love the color but am most interested in where to purchase the headboard. Can you help? Thanks!

    Reply
    • heather says

      October 13, 2017 at 4:34 pm

      Hi – no I don’t know where it’s from.

      Reply
  48. Ariel says

    November 4, 2017 at 11:55 pm

    Hi Heather! Love the headboard pictured- can I ask where you purchased it?

    Reply
    • heather says

      December 1, 2017 at 3:18 pm

      Hi Ariel – sorry I don’t know where it’s from!

      Reply
  49. Lucinda Perez says

    April 4, 2019 at 11:40 pm

    Hi!
    Where can I find the ceiling light fixture in the bedroom picture?

    Reply
    • heather says

      April 10, 2019 at 2:45 pm

      I don’t know. Good luck though 🙂

      Reply
  50. Jacqueline C says

    December 21, 2019 at 2:35 pm

    The pairing of the paint color with the wooden bed is beautiful. Where did you buy the bedroom furniture from? I’m really interested in the bed – I have room that it would be perfect for!!

    Reply
    • heather says

      December 21, 2019 at 4:08 pm

      Sorry – I don’t know where the bed is from! I love this color too!

      Reply

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