The little steamer was feeling her cautious way up a river of dull silver between banks of taupe and mauve.
"Jane Journeys On"
Ruth Comfort Mitchell
At five o'clock the patch of daylight above the red-lighted exit door turned taupe, as though a gray curtain had been flung across it; and the girls, with shooting pains in their limbs, braced themselves for the last hour.
"Every Soul Hath Its Song"
Fannie Hurst
Her train slippers, that taupe jersey-cloth suit, some fresh blouses, her dressing case, her night things and your photo off the dressing table.
"The Window-Gazer"
Isabel Ecclestone Mackay