Spaw, taupe is the color of mice (hence the name)*. What color mice, you ask? Why, taupe-colored mice, of course! (Remember the old "flesh"-colored Crayola crayon?)
Mountain Dog -- "blue-green color blindness?"
Actually, folks, the rainbow is WHITE, I guess, if you average it across the spectrum, right?
Sonja*("taupe" is "mouse" en français.