How would you describe taupe?

[Mercy]

Is it a shade of brown or green?

erm grey brown I think.

cream/brown

Taupe? surely you mean mushroom

and why?

Oh dear, I was hoping it was a greenish shade. Perhaps I'll give it a miss then.

Actually I am at the end of my tether trying to buy a bloody coat/jacket. Maybe I'll order it and see what it's like.

This is the reason this coat

def not green.

Looks nice though.

Oh, well LaRedoute are a bit funny with their colours, being Francais...

It is a darkish mushroom colour but looks kind of khaki in the picture.

Might be nice!

ah go on
tis warm, waterproof, has hood and is not Boden - got to be worth a punt

True MrsB. I did order one from Lands End which was way over my budget (but justified the cost because of the quality blah, blah, blah).

It look awful on me. And has been sent back.

mucky beige.

The coat arrived today (just in the nick of time cos it's freezing)

It's definitely green - and not mucky beige