Taubmans Paint Review: Is It Any Good vs Dulux? (2026)

Taubmans is a solid mid-range paint. For a standard interior repaint, a spare room, or a DIY job on a budget, it covers well and lasts fine, and you can grab it at Bunnings any day of the week. Where we’d still pick Dulux instead: high-wear rooms like kitchens, bathrooms and hallways, doors and trim that get knocked and washed, and jobs where you want the widest colour range and trade-store backup. We’re a Dulux Accredited business and use Dulux systems on our jobs, so treat this as an honest outside take from painters who get asked about Taubmans on quotes all the time.

Taubmans at a glance: our scorecard

Here’s how we’d rate Taubmans on the things that actually matter when you’re standing in the paint aisle deciding.

Is Taubmans paint any good?

The short answer: yes, it’s a genuinely good paint for the money, it just isn’t a premium trade product and doesn’t pretend to be. For standard interior walls and ceilings in a lounge, bedroom or study, a Taubmans repaint will look sharp and hold up for years. The brand has been on Australian shelves for decades and is owned by PPG, a large global coatings company, so it’s a known quantity, not a mystery house brand.

Where the mid-range shows is in the hard-working parts of a house. A budget line in a busy hallway or a kids’ bathroom will mark and struggle to wash up as well as a top-tier paint. That’s not a Taubmans fault so much as a price-tier fact: you get what you pay for across every brand, including Dulux. Match the line to the room and Taubmans holds its own.

Taubmans vs Dulux: which should you buy?

The short answer: both are quality Australian brands, so pick on where you’re buying and how hard the room works. Dulux has the wider colour range, a proper trade-store network and a slight durability edge on its top lines, which is why our jobs run on Dulux systems. Taubmans is usually a little cheaper and dead easy to grab at Bunnings, which makes it a sensible DIY choice.

Product line for line, Taubmans Endure is the one to compare against Dulux Wash&Wear, both are the brands’ scrubbable, higher-durability interior wall paints. If you’re weighing up mid-range brands more broadly, our Dulux vs Haymes comparison covers the other big matchup we get asked about.

For most DIY repaints of ordinary rooms, either brand is fine and price or convenience can make the call. For the rooms and surfaces that take a beating, the premium line matters more than the badge, and that’s where we lean Dulux.

On trim in particular, we don’t cut corners: doors, skirting and window frames get touched and seen up close every day, so we run a quality water-based enamel over proper prep regardless of the brand of wall paint. That’s a durability call, not a colour one.

What are Taubmans’ main product lines?

The short answer: Endure is the premium interior wall paint, Easy Coat is the budget line, 3 in 1 is the prep product, Ultimate Enamel covers trim, and there’s a dedicated ceiling white. Knowing which line you’re holding matters more than the brand name, because the price tiers behave very differently on the wall.

Is Taubmans exterior paint any good?

The short answer: the exterior range, led by All Weather and the long-running Sunproof line, is a fair mid-range choice for a DIY exterior refresh, but exteriors are where we spend up on paint without hesitation. Melbourne sun and weather cycling are brutal on coatings, and the exterior repaint is the most labour-heavy job in painting, so the cost gap between a mid-range and premium tin is tiny next to the cost of doing the job again years early. On our exterior work that means a premium system like Dulux Weathershield over full prep. If you’re doing a fence, shed or a single wall yourself, Taubmans exterior lines will serve you fine; for the whole house, buy the best exterior paint you can and put the savings into prep.

Taubmans colours and the colour chart

The short answer: Taubmans offers a full colour chart with plenty of usable whites, greys and neutrals, and Crisp White is one of its most popular whites. You can browse the range at Bunnings or on the Taubmans site, and get any colour tinted in store. The choice is good for a mainstream brand, even if Dulux still has the deeper library of specialty and heritage colours.

Crisp White is a clean, bright white that works well on ceilings, trim and walls in lighter rooms, the kind of everyday white a lot of Melbourne homes default to. Every brand has its own version of a popular white, and they don’t all read the same on the wall. Before you commit a whole house to any white, buy a sample pot and paint a patch on your own wall, then look at it in morning and afternoon light. Melbourne’s grey days can pull a white cooler than it looks under shop lighting.

If you’re choosing a sheen as well as a colour, our guide to the best paint finish for walls, kitchens and bathrooms walks through which finish suits which room.

Where can you buy Taubmans?

The short answer: Bunnings is the main stockist, with some independent paint and hardware stores carrying it too. For most homeowners that’s a plus, you can pick it up, get it tinted and top up a colour any day without a trade account. You’ll also find Taubmans’ 3 in 1 range there, a prep-focused product line, alongside the interior and exterior lines.

What you won’t find is Taubmans in a Dulux or Haymes trade store, since those carry their own brands. That’s the practical difference in the buying experience: Taubmans is built around retail and DIY, while Dulux and Haymes also run trade desks aimed at painters. If trade-store advice and backup matter to you, that’s worth weighing.

Who should buy Taubmans, and who should spend more?

The short answer: Taubmans suits DIY repaints, rentals, budget jobs and standard rooms; spend up for high-wear areas, trim and whole-home repaints you want to last. If you’re painting a bedroom yourself on a Saturday and want a fair paint at a fair price from Bunnings, Taubmans is an easy yes, and Endure is worth the step up if the room gets used hard.

Spend more when the stakes are higher: a full interior repaint you don’t want to redo in a few years, a busy family kitchen or bathroom, or trim you want holding its colour and gloss for the long haul. On those jobs the paint is a small part of the total cost next to labour and prep, so the premium line is cheap insurance. When we quote an interior painting job, we spec a premium Dulux system for exactly that reason, the finish has to last, and the difference between a good paint and a top paint shows up years down the track.

Whatever brand you land on, the single biggest factor in how a paint job looks and lasts is preparation, not the name on the tin. A premium paint over poor prep will still fail, and a mid-range paint over proper prep will look great.