beige vs taupe

beige

adj
  • Having a slightly yellowish gray colour, as that of unbleached wool. 

  • Comfortably dull and unadventurous, in a way that suggests middle-class suburbia. 

noun
  • A slightly yellowish gray colour, as that of unbleached wool. 

  • Debeige; a kind of woollen or mixed dress goods. 

taupe

adj
  • Of a dark brownish-grey colour. 

noun
  • A dark brownish-grey colour, the colour of moleskin. 

How often have the words beige and taupe occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )