I would probably like a tiny bit of red in the orange.

I think it is a wonderful choice (another fan of orange)!

Absolutely yes, orange!

I'm extremely partial to orange as well - and if it suited the style architecture - I'd go for it. But may not have the same impact with all architectural styles. I see that color most suited to contemporary and southwestern design. With a more traditional home it could come across looking Halloween-y.

I was thinking of door colors for my own house the other day and thought of orange. My house is not MCM and it's actually not the style for me anyway, plus orange is a color I never wear or have in my house. But...with gray, the right orange looks really good. I prefer a bit more of an autumnal orange, and little burnt to it. I don't think orange is just for Halloween.

I knew I could find some orange lovers here!

Pal, I like your idea of an orange with some red in it. One of my inspirations is the Parker Palm Springs, which has a fabulous entry with white breeze block and a big red/orange door. I just love these doors:

But I can't seem to find an orange in that shade and have looked and looked. Any thoughts? Here are a few other oranges that I'm eyeing:

BM Tangerine Melt (still not enough red):

BM Calypso Orange - lots of yellow:

maddielee, thanks, that's a great inspiration photo!

Linelle, orange would look wonderful with gray. In my research I ran across BM Bronze Tone - it's a more autumnal orange which people really seem to like.

thanks, cyn, bossyvossy and gardengal!

I love orange doors and have one myself. The orange paint thing about caused me to go mad. Zillions of BM and SW samples that looked absolutely nothing at all like the chit. Then one day I was in Homedepot for supplies and happened by the Glidden paint chits...and there was my orange. I was so sick of looking I just bought it but had it mixed in the best of Behr paint. It looked EXACTLY like the chit. So, if you get fed up go to homede and look at the great oranges of Glidden but mix it in Behr. It will stop you from going insane.

This is in shadow.

Keep in mind the light coming through the sidelight and transom with interior lights on at night. Green rather than orange?

You might want to consider a paint color for the front door which works 24 hrs.

justterrilynn, this is a beautiful front door! Is this Glidden's Pumpkin Patch? I was at HD the other day and picked up a few chips.

FWIW, I'm glad to know I'm not the only one that has gone a little crazy over picking an orange color. It's a tough color to get right.

It wasn't pumpkin patch. Can you believe I wrote down every single paint name, sheen, type and brand except the front door? The name isn't on the can because I had it mixed in Behr. Sheesh! I have the chit somewhere in the paint cabinet. It's an orange with a tic of red.

It might have been this.

Yes, go for it! I see a fair number of orange doors around here, so it is not unusual at all.

I have an orange front door! I love it. Go for it, people questioned me too.

I love it. I love the Tangerine Melt and the Rumba Orange. They are "real" colours, not washed out, not browned out, and most thankfully not "greyed out."

I think your door will be smashing - and not in the pumpkin way!

And remember... it's not your contractor's house; it's not your neighbor's house; it's not any outside family member's house; it's not my house; it's not the web's house...if you love it, it is the right choice!

And by the way, it is the right choice! LOL

I don't know the name of our orange, but will try to add a photo tomorrow. We are more 70s "contemporary " and I love the orange.

My sister has an orange front door. It looks great! I painted my master in a previous place BM Sunset Boulevard. I loved the color, although it might not be bright enough for your door.

I love orange. Another suggestion, lime green!

Another orange lover here cheering you on from the opposite coast!

I really like the one Justterri posted. It's fun yet sophisticated.

The wrong orange will draw too much attention to it and you really want to be able to enjoy all your MCM features while walking up to the front door.

No "cartoon" oranges, save those for the inside of the house.

thanks, all. I'm going to go for it and will report back with the sample we try out today. Excited to see how it turns out.

The real color is closer to the color at the bottom of the door, at least on my monitor.

HB I love your orange!!

Yes. Orange!! It will look fabulous!

Update -- I finally have a winner. It's Farrow & Ball's "Charlotte's Locks." It's more of a persimmon than a true orange. I have tried over 11 samples and the guys at the paint store know me well by now. Orange is tricky! I almost gave up and painted it a light blue/mint green. But today we made the decision and hopefully will paint this week.

Photos to come...

I’m so excited you are doing orange! That color above looks great!

Loving the orange! Liking the more burnt oranges vs. the florescent type.

Halloween = orange PLUS black. Orange on its own or combined with other colors does not evoke Halloween.

Gorgeous color! Can't wait for pics!

Love your colour choice.....looking forward to pics :)

I love Charlotte's Locks. I think it is a great choice.

We painted both our front and back doors orange - we used C2 Paint - Tiger Lily.

I love Charlotte's Locks! Have never seen in person, other than at the F&B store, but in pics it is gorgeous! Can't wait to see it!

Awe, that’s really purdy! Can’t wait to see the finished door.!

How'd it work out? I've used Charlotte's Locks for a backsplash in a kitchen, and it is the most gorgeous orange. Hopefully you beat F&B's high gloss paint into submission as it can be a little unforgiving to apply.

Update: After six months of samples, we finally have a painted front door! When we painted a large sample of Charlotte's Locks on the door, it did not work paired with our red cedar fence. We needed something to balance the warm tones in the fence.

So we went with a deep teal. And I added an orange pot at front entry.

Here's the before of our entry:

and now:

Our old front door. Yes, it was a slider (with untempered glass). Not the ideal front door by any stretch of the imagination. The previous owner had installed heavy drapes from the 1970's covering the glass -- I took them down when we moved in.

new front entry. Color of door is Farrow & Ball's Vardo. It's a rich teal/peacock blue.

Still need to finish/caulk our threshold, but we're close to done with the exterior work. Thanks to everyone that weighed in on door color!

It looks great! Isn’t it funny how we can obsess and fret for ages over a decision, then shift a few degrees to the side and the solution becomes readily apparent. And I applaud the other changes you’ve made in that entry area: losing the “other” front door, smoothing out the facade, the concrete pad walkway . . . and very nice and a fitting intro to the fabulous view from inside.

I don't think I saw this earlier (if I did, I wouldn't have had much to offer on an orange door other than it would look better on your house than my red brick one), but as I started reading through and before I realized the date, I was going to suggest a deep teal. We used Gale Force recently and it was gorgeous on that door. So I totally approve. Glad you love it.

Oh, the last photo wasn't showing when I was looking -- I love the way that color carries through to the view across the house. Orange would not have done that -- with a possible exception of a few weeks in the fall. You've made a huge improvement in the home. Really nice choice.

So wonderful, a perfect preview of more gorgeousness when opened.

Bold, and wonderful. Kudos!

Beautiful!

It’s perfect!

thanks, everybody. I think that's our last decision in this remodel (!!) so we are officially done. Of course, that's excluding all the decisions regarding the furnishings which I have yet to really tackle because I'm burned out from 2 years of making decisions. :) I need a break.

thanks, jakabedy. I sure don't miss that other side door, which led to the laundry area. I'm not sure why the original architect of this home thought it was a good idea to have two doors in the front entry area and why they chose to make the main one a slider. So much confusion that caused our guests and UPS delivery people. And our previous front entry with the stepping stones used to be a pond, which was filled in in the 80s.

thanks lascatx. That's exactly what drove the decision to move to teal - the pool tile is a deep teal so it speaks to the front door and then on to the views beyond.

Love your teal door! It is perfect with your tile and view.

The tile is spectacular!!! Can you share more pics? Which brand did you use?

thanks! rockybird, it's SICIS. I think it's the Murano collection. It's a paper-faced mosaic, so it was rather difficult to install and drove our tile installation costs up. But the pool tile is a prominent feature and you see it as soon as you walk in the home and from nearly every angle in the backyard, so it was worth the extra cost. Here are a few more photos:

It is absolutely beautiful!!! Stunning!!!

Here I am googling burnt orange front door for my own. Did you chose it in the end? We live on the lake so the door represents sunset for me.