The colors of your homes exterior should reflect its architectural style.
Use our tips to find the best color match for any bang out of home.
Choosing the right exterior paint colors for your home is no easy task.
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It depends on several factors, including architectural style.
Use our tips to find the best paint match for your homes architecture.
Before you begin choosing exterior paint colors, its essential to understand yourhouse style.
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Other styles, like contemporary orcottage houses, provide more opportunities to experiment with unique color combinations.
After determining your homes style, seek out other houses with similar features to gather color inspiration.
These houses are well-suited for sleek colors like a steely gray and slate blue.
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Cape Cod-Style House Colors
Cape Cod-style homeswere historically designed to be sturdy, economical residences.
Crisp white trim helps to highlight the simple designs.
Choose siding in white, muted blue, or gray to establish a stately appearance.
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Black accents, including shutters or trim, add distinction and a more modern look.
A stained wood or darkred front doorprovides a traditional finishing touch.
Colorful Victorian Homes
Intricate decorative details give Victorian homes a highly distinctive appearance.
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Uniqueexterior paint color combinations, often including at least three colors, enhance the elaborate designs.
This charming cottage house is partially shielded from the street by a gated fence and flowering vines.
The walls offer a fresh blue-green backdrop for the array of colorful flowers.
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Thereddish-brown doorblends nicely with brick accents on the fence posts and walkway.
Earthy Craftsman Exterior Paint Colors
Earth tones and rich neutrals fit in well withCraftsman-style homes.
Theseexterior paint colorsreflect the Arts and Crafts styles emphasis on natural materials and organic hues.
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Color Schemes for Tudor Homes
Classic brick walls with wood and stucco accents distinguish manyTudor-style homes.
Inspired by English architecture, these houses look especially charming when dressed in creamy white andbrown exterior colors.
ThisTudortakes on a historically accurate look with ivory-painted stucco and dark brown framing accentuating the red brick exterior.
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On this cottage, a classic neutral palette is energized by an unexpected yet refreshingturquoise front door.
Dark trim around the windows matches the roof and provides subtle contrast with the gray siding.
This traditional home features classic white siding with bright accents.
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Pale blue shutters and avibrant orange doorprovide a sunny, welcoming appearance.
Blue Georgian-Style House
Elegant and refined,Georgian housescall fortraditional exterior paint colors.
The deep blue of this home provides a strong and inviting impression.
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This homesbrick wallsare painted a slightly darker shade of gray than the shingled gables, offering subtle contrast.
The welcoming red door provides a punch of color.
Here,dark-stained shakeblends nicely with the natural stone chimney, while small doses of white provide contrast.
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Cutout patterned shutters painted dark green add color and detail.
Mediterranean Exterior Colors
The use of sun-inspired colors on stucco walls lends casual elegance toMediterranean-style homes.
Consider hues like tan, gold, and coral, as well as warmer shades of green and blue.
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Classic Farmhouse Colors
Traditional farmhouse exteriorstypically feature whitesidingwith a single accent color, often black.
This farmhouse embraces a timeless look with a classic combination of white and black.
As a small break from tradition, the black door provides an unexpectedly modern touch.
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White trim anda dark front doorand shutters partner effortlessly with the warm gray walls.
The home shows how contrasting a light siding color with a dark trim can be pleasing.
The welcoming entryway is painted the same color as the trim, while thedooradds a splash of color.
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