Exterior Paint Color Questions

Exterior Paint Color Questions

Exterior paint color questions that can be about choosing a color for the body, trim and accent areas of your home.

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Questions that Need Answers

• Mansard roof color. - I have a design project coming up and the homeowner is requesting paint choices for a mansard roof. I visualize a blackish brown by Benjamin Moore called night horizon - may not be dark enough and then blend down to a softer tone - but not cream ...
• Trim Color - I have a Mocha Tan metal roof and white vinyl and tan/brown brick front of house. What would be the best trim color for the shutters and down-spouts?
• What colours go best? - Do you think hacienda exterior walls will look ok with woodland grey guttering and roof the windows and screen doors either primrose or stone beige.

Questions with Answers

• Foundation color - My house color is a barn red and the trim is khaki. Should I paint the cement foundation the kahki or barn red?
• Is it ok to use white primer under a different color? - I'm just painting the stoop by the front door. I bought a shade of brown for the color but I only have white primer. I'm not concerned what color brown it ends up. Is it OK to use the white primer? Both are latex.
• Exterior Front Door - I want to repaint my front door black. Should it be high gloss or semi gloss. Also, there are so many blacks available what is a designers choice. My brick is light neutral reclaimed brick.
• painting exterior doors black. - I would like to paint my exterior doors black. I have heard that you shouldn't paint doors with southern exposure black. Is there any truth to this?
• Best Exterior Color For a Quick Sale - What is the best exterior color to paint your house for a quick sale? What exterior paint color appeals to the largest number of home buyers?
• Pros and cons of painting the house exterior a dark color. - We are undecided about an exterior house color. We have done test patches of two Benjamin Moore acrylic-latex paints: CC362-Elk (a taupe-beige) and HC 50-Georgian Brick (a dark, brownish-red). We quite like the "Georgian Brick", but have concer...
• My exterior house color is cream, what would be the best color to paint the exteior door? - My exterior house color is cream, and I am wondering what the best color would be to paint the exterior door in order to go with the body of the house?
• Exterior Front Door Frame - I would like to know if I should be painting the exterior front door frame same as garage door frame. The color for the front door is different than that of the garage doors which I painted same as the frame. Our house is beige brick with Terra Co...
• What colour for a front door? - We are painting the exterior a chocolate brown that has a bit of a red hue to it. The trim will be dark brown (almost black). Roof is black. What colour would you suggest painting the front door?
• What color should we stain our barn in Maine? - We painted our house barn red and now we have built a new barn that is not too far away from the house. What color would you stain the barn?

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