patch your homes exterior with these curb appeal-boosting color schemes.
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Give your house a refresh, starting with a brand-new exterior color scheme.
To complete the exterior, a pop of yellow adds playful personality and an inviting touch.
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Consider the undertones of your siding color, and choose two or three other shades that complement the hue.
White trim stands out brightly against the cool exterior colors.
However, as with other colors, there are nuances in the brightness and lightness of even white.
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Consider choosing one complementary color for an unexpected highlight to add more contrast.
The soft color on the shingle-covered facade makes a welcoming statement.
Bright white trim creates a subtle distinction between the two light neutrals and highlights the traditional structures details.
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To ensure a visible contrast and a depth change, use tones at least two shades apart.
That tone carries over onto rooflines and side doors, providing acontinuing color linefor the eye to follow.
The color contrast emphasizes the design and adds a patterned element to the facade.
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Continue the two-tone look with a black garage door, house numbers, and wall sconces.
Anall-neutral palettelooks particularly polished when accented with hits of black.
Try painting the shutters and front door black to give your beige exterior a more sophisticated feel.
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Use white on the trimand other exterior elements so the look is crisp and clean instead of one-note.
Pick a shade of white with undertones that match the rest of your exterior color scheme.
Each color in the trio is distinct, but their commonalities create perfect harmony.
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For example,Colonial-style homesare often painted a single color, frequently white.
While a white exterior color scheme has classic appeal, there are ways to update and modernize that choice.
The accent shades chosen hereadusty lavender-grayand a bright turquoisewould typically not be used together.
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Here, the pattern on the brick section of the front facade is nearly mosaic-like.
Hunter-green shutters and shake shingles stand out against this home’s soft sage-green siding.
Look toexterior light fixturesfor adding complementary materials or colors.
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Wood stains in midrange hues, in particular, work well on a variety of home styles.
For a fool-proof accent color, look to white.
For more classically styled homes, white is a traditional accent for window trim, pillars, and doors.
Therich shade of blueacts almost as a neutral for the exterior house paint color.
Or you might choose a standout color that calls attention to the style of your space.
When it comes topastel shades, white is a successful accent color that adds contrast without being too jarring.
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Homeowners have more freedom to experiment with whimsical approaches to shade and pattern.
For contrast, bright robin’s-egg blue accents the front door.
What ties these three disparate tones together is the white trim around the door, pillars, and rails.
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Most homeowners assume those hues have to be distinctly different, but this monochromatic house proves otherwise.
Here, light gray is the dominant color, while a medium tone accents thewood archwayover the front door.
A deeper shade of gray around the windows and doors supplies the final accent.
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When working with an existing color palette, consider the undertones and color family already used within the facade.
For example, brick exteriors tend to take on a warmer, red hue.
The question then becomes what to do about the accents.
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For a bit of warmth and as an accent, a medium-tone stain warms the front door.
This small home commands a presence, thanks to its charcoal gray brick siding and similar-tone metal roof.
Plenty oflush greeneryand a handsome weathered wood door ensure the exterior is stylish, not foreboding.
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But if this cool-minded hue tops your preferred color list, consider warming it up.
That can be done in several ways, such as a bright accent color like awarmer orange.
In this contemporary scheme, a rich gray provides a good bridge between the two hues.
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The tones of the roof shingles play off the stone colors for a cohesive yet simple exterior.
The same colors that are most popular will add to curb appealwhites, grays, and neutrals.
Other exterior colors that attract attention are black and green.
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Choose a lighter color for a longer-lastingpaint jobon the exterior of your home.
Darker colors will fade more quickly and need to be repainted more frequently.
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