taupe vs washed out

taupe

adj
  • Of a dark brownish-grey colour. 

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

washed out

adj
  • Of colours: faded, pale. 

  • Very tired and lacking energy or animation. 

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