Ronald R, doing nothing is not an option. I don't like cedar turning silver. I was hoping to darken the fence so that it fits into the background. Hummingalong2 has me second guessing now...

Beautiful fence, beautiful yard. I don't recommend just leaving it, as a minimum you need to seal it to preserve it. Natural "graying" is uneven and gets grungy pretty fast. A semi-transparent stain is the way to go.

So I went ahead and stained my fence with solid Behr intellectual grey. (Solid because my husband is not crazy about wood grains) I think it looks too light esp on the west facing side.

I'm pondering whether to put something darker over it. If so, would BM black beauty be too dark? What black paint colors do people normally use for fence?

Staining our fence black is on my to do list. The Houzz story / photos about black fences that I linked to below wowed me. Go for it. (The article contains some specific color suggestions.)

[Houzz Black Fence article[(https://www.houzz.com/magazine/make-your-garden-fences-disappear-with-this-surprising-color-stsetivw-vs~79462335)