Taupe is a medium gray-brown. If it's the same color as mine, it will work right out of the box. If you don't like the color, just spray paint it with something like Krylon Fusion, which is a spray paint specially formulated to stick to plastic (like the nylon or polyester shell of the vest). I just camo'd a red and black nylon frame pack so that I could carry decoys and such over long distances, and the Fusion works OK, but needs a quick touch-up after each couple of trips. Should be fine on a vest, and you can find it in earth colors at WalMart.