I wasn't really aware that "taupe"[1] was a colour until some Windows theme used that name. Similarly "coral" until it became an HTML colour -- it just wasn't common usage. I suspect a lot of these names originated in the art/fashion world, and entered computing via desktop publishing / UI design pros.
[1] https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=taupe
Colours like "taupe", "beige", don't have distinct names in Finnish. The colours obviously exist, but they're called different things.
(I'm gonna ignore the whole craziness associated with giving tins of wall-paint strange names.)