Official description
neutral brown
Standardised colour
Brown · Medium · Neutral undertone Details
High shine finish
SephoraWhere to buy Taupe (1 store)
Sephora$24View at SephoraSimilar to MERIT Shade Slick Hydrating Tinted Lip Oil Taupe
The closest shade matches and closest overall alternatives in other lip glosses. Price is never part of the score.
Complete my lip look
Shades from the other lip categories to wear with MERIT Shade Slick Hydrating Tinted Lip Oil Taupe, chosen on measured swatch colour, colour family, depth and undertone. “Colour match” means a close colour; “Combination” means a deliberate pairing. Price never changes the order.
Lipstick or lip liner shades close to this lip gloss's colour, family and depth.
Lipstick
Insider
Maybelline SuperStay Matte Ink Liquid Lipstick, shade Insider
- Close match
- Colour match · Brown · Medium · Warm
$12.99
623 Clap Back
Kylie Cosmetics Matte Liquid Lipstick, shade 623 Clap Back
- Close match
- Colour match · Brown · Medium · Warm
$22
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Lip liner
Barely There
NYX Professional Makeup Lingerie Lip Liner Stain, shade Barely There
- Very close match
- Colour match · Brown · Medium · Warm
$12
Iced Latte
Kylie Cosmetics Plumping Lip Liner, shade Iced Latte
- Close match
- Colour match · Brown · Medium · Warm
$19
Lip liners slightly deeper than this lip gloss, in the same or a neighbouring colour family, to define the edge.
Lip liner
Maple Glaze
L.A. Girl Long-Lasting Shockwave Lip Liner, shade Maple Glaze
- Slightly deeper for definition
- Combination · Brown · Medium · Warm
$5
Bittersweet
m.ph by Mary Phillips The Overliner Lip Liner Pencil, shade Bittersweet
- Slightly deeper for definition
- Combination · Brown · Medium · Warm
$25
A noticeably different depth or a neighbouring colour family, on purpose, with a compatible undertone.
Lipstick
120 - Sonia Light Beige
Gucci Velvet Matte Lipstick, shade 120 - Sonia Light Beige
- Contrast: nude with brown
- Combination · Nude · Medium · Neutral
$49
202 Peachy Glow
Yves Saint Laurent Loveshine Lip Oil Stick, shade 202 Peachy Glow
- Contrast: nude with brown
- Combination · Nude · Medium · Cool
$45
Lip liner
Morning Dew
RMS Beauty Go Nude Lip Pencil, shade Morning Dew
- Contrast: rose with brown
- Combination · Rose · Medium · Cool
$26
Cannes
NYX Professional Makeup Suede Matte Lip Liner Velvet Soft Vegan Lip Pencil, shade Cannes
- Contrast: mauve with brown
- Combination · Mauve · Medium · Cool
$6
Taupe is a sheer gloss: over a lipstick or liner it adds shine and changes the colour a little.
Lipstick
Insider
Maybelline SuperStay Matte Ink Liquid Lipstick, shade Insider
- Close colour to wear under it
- Colour match · Brown · Medium · Warm
$12.99
172 Nu Determine
L'Oréal Paris Colour Riche Original Satin Lipstick, shade 172 Nu Determine
- Complementary colour to wear under it
- Combination · Nude · Medium · Warm
$6.99
View at WalmartLip liner
Barely There
NYX Professional Makeup Lingerie Lip Liner Stain, shade Barely There
- Close colour to wear under it
- Colour match · Brown · Medium · Warm
$12
Iced Latte
Kylie Cosmetics Plumping Lip Liner, shade Iced Latte
- Close colour to wear under it
- Colour match · Brown · Medium · Warm
$19
What this can and cannot tell you: each pairing compares two shades' colours as sampled from retailer swatch images, which are not calibrated and are not how a shade looks on lips. It does not predict the colour you get when you layer them. A sheer gloss lets more of the colour underneath show than an opaque one, and your natural lip colour shows through sheer products.
Shade details
- Swatch colour
- #ae4d2e
- L* 45.0 a* 37.6 b* 37.0
- Colour family
- Brown
- from the description (“brown”)
- Colour depth
- Medium
- from the swatch colour
- Undertone
- Neutral
- from the description (“neutral”)
- Colour description
- Not listed
- not stated
- Finish
- High shine
- the product's attributes
- Transparency
- Not listed
- not stated
- Shimmer
- Not listed
- not stated
Description from Sephora, kept word for word; the standardised values are stored separately and never replace it. Swatch colours are read from retailer images, which are not colour-calibrated; images from the retailers named under each one.