Use a color palette that identifies and celebrates each part of your home to communicate your love of craft and detail.

Knee braces.These triangular supports are a structural alternative to exposed rafter tails and roof beams. Like beams and rafter tails, they are often decorative and can be added underneath any deep roof eave. Tell us: Do you appreciate the visible craftsmanship of these homes? Or does it feel like overkill, especially when you now know that so much of the distinguishing characteristics are decorative and only made to look like engineering revealed?Browse photos of Craftsman-style homesMore:Find guides to more home styles

Choose three or more different paint shades. Essentially, an exterior scheme has three major parts: field color, which dominates; accent color, which brings doors, shutters and other smaller areas to life; and trim color, used for window and door casings, roof edging, railings and other trimwork. Ideally, the trim color should contrast strongly with the field color. If your main hue is dark, consider classic white trim or another pale shade. A light field color can look stunning with darker trim — like eyeliner for your home, it produces a crisp, dramatic effect. Feel free to go bold with accent colors, but don't go overboard. A door painted bright red or lemon yellow lends just the right hit of punch. Extending that same shade to the shutters and gables ... not so much. Stuck for inspiration? Most major paint brands offer preselected color palettes that take the guesswork out of coordinating an exterior scheme. An architect or a color consultant also can help you come up with a combination that's unusual but still attractive.

siding

Two toned look

Exterior

different colors

Paint colors

color scheme

top

Siding

Wow fachasa

Exterior colors including accent

paint color

Colors

Paint colors exterior

Color

Great Small Design

Too much contrast

Mixed siding detail and horizontal divider.

Back door

paint combination

nice look

Example

Colors

Green shades

window overhang

Stairs

Love this look

Colours

design

Color

dark gray light gray?

grey and red

Colors

Trim on roof

knee braces

lots of color changes and roof angles. Does look a bit busy.. BUT...they didn't keep the body color the same. AND, they have extra trimp pieces jutting out from eaves.

Siding colors - multiple

Paint color

two tone house with red door

exterior

Colors

Mud room side entrance?

colors

love the colors

Kirk thinks pleasing but wants more modern

Exterior - siding break

Cute

two tone house

Top Half paint colour and the door

Color palette

nice colors

color distribution

Exterior paint colors

Color

color

roof dark

two tone

Stoop

Sage n red....

Beach house

Colours

colors

Ext paint

different paint colors on 1st/2nd floors

Paint

Cute

vertical break (thick white trim) with two difference colors

edie s idea

red windows

Nice stairs

Color on brackets

Dormer that cuts thru edge of roof

Exterior color

earthy colors

ROOF LINES

Ext

Choose three or more different paint shades. Essentially, an exterior scheme has three major parts: field color, which dominates; accent color, which brings doors, shutters and other smaller areas to life; and trim color, used for window and door casings, roof edging, railings and other trimwork. Ideally, the trim color should contrast strongly with the field color. If your main hue is dark, consider classic white trim or another pale shade. A light field color can look stunning with darker trim — like eyeliner for your home, it produces a crisp, dramatic effect. Feel free to go bold with accent colors, but don't go overboard. A door painted bright red or lemon yellow lends just the right hit of punch. Extending that same shade to the shutters and gables ... not so much

style and color palette

exterior colour palette

two tone

Exterior Material/Color/Texture Palette

railing

Red door

cool beachy house

Red trim on windows

exterior

Colors

Two tone

color

Do we want to have trim work like this

railings and columns

colors, around base

Floor house same color

Paint ext

Two tone siding w/ decorative band

Side entry

Maison

cool

grey paint

Colors good, Mix of Cedar Shake & Batten Board

siding and gables

Colors

Love the colors

All of it

House colors

Colors

Design

window by front door separated slightly by siding--fit/work better this way or all trimmed out as one?

tealy green and green gray pretty

Cour

Colors

gutters and downspouts are invisible

Belting

colors

Dacha

Exterior

Exterior color

Hmmmmmm?

HOUSE COLORS

Four color pained craftmen home

Green w/ Red, Railing slats

Fun colors

siding

2 tone window color contrasting

Color

2tone

blu/green with red door

Смотри водосток

colors to paint the cabin

siding

Interesting color combo

“Valspar's Deep Green is similar to the dark green, Valspar's Ocean is similar to the lighter color, and Valspar's Pomegranate Red is similar to the red accent color.”

interesting color combo

colors & visual interest

two colours for siding and painted cedar shakes on gable ends

Color combiation

teal and red siding

House facade color

Red Trim

Knee braces

Paint

Porch access doors

Front door color

colors

two toned

Two tone

House colors

Porch roof line and stairs

Stairs

Paint color for exterior - creamy yellow instead of white

Love the paint

EXTERIOR PAINT TIPS

Color mix - exterior

2 differ colors

Mix of materials

Cute

Paint Color & Small Dormer

Ex

exterior color

Color scheme

Color combinations with white trim

siding

Colors

bold colour

Green!

Colors

Red trimmed windown

Don't like the front porch but the brackets the rectangle bay windows treatment around the windows

Paint color

Valspar's Deep Green is similar to the dark green, Valspar's Ocean is similar to the lighter color, and Valspar's Pomegranate Red is similar to the red accent color.

exterior

dark green color

Red door

red window panes

Split at windows

front steps

Exterior Paint Colors

color scheme

Exterior trim

two toned exterior

Entry way

Great Color Combination

colors

red trim, exterior colors for siding

red windows

too much, but good for glen's if go blue/grey

great little craftsman house.

colors

Exterior

two toned with white trim - nice

love the various siding materials. interesting angles and over-hang with roof.

Shakes and lap siding. Dark body, light trim

Large triangular

Exterior colors

like siding/shingle/siding too much color variation

Exterior colors