You have painted them a color that makes your eye look at them. They are not a feature. Paint them a similar color as the brick, so they blend in. Change the color of the siding above the door a similar color as the brick, right now it yells "look at me" the same as the black trim does.

What color were they before?

I would ask this question on the Paint Forum.

They hadn't ever been painted, they were like a grayish color.

thank you so much for the advice! We're thinking we will change the black accents to a mid tone charcoal gray to blend in more with the grout in the brick and the siding a very light ash gray...

this is is definitely not my or my husbands area of specialty, lol! So we truly appreciate the feedback

Pink?!? That's not pink, this is pink:

I would do all the trim and garage door a taupe color that blends with the brick. I would keep the front door black. Very pretty house.

Agree - go with a color closer to the brick color. All I see now is eyebrows... lol

cpartist paintforum?

something closer to the brick color - I had a pinkish/peachish brick house once upon a time - a pale salmon color looked great - pick something lighter/more pale than the brick color

The white arches, and above the entry - SW's Iron Ore or a bit whitened?

Website gives for Intellectual Grey or Worldly Gray neutral a complementing color called Cider [and somewhat like your brick] --

https://www.sherwin-williams.com/homeowners/color/find-and-explore-colors/paint-colors-by-family/SW7045-intellectual-gray#/7045/?s=coordinatingColors&p=PS0

Sorry, but you are going to have the same problem painting them grey.

I agree with janniecone. I would get rid of the pieces altogether.

Agree with Angel 18432. Find a color that blends with the brick and paint all trim that color.

Here's a great article by Maria Killam, color expert, that should help:

http://www.mariakillam.com/testing-exterior-colours/

Here's a craptastic PhotoShop job. I think your windows would look GREAT painted black, as long as the trim is a closer color to the brick (or the siding for the windows above the door). Ignore the totally crappy lines/borders - I'm not investing a lot of time into this. lol

Looking at it, I'd not paint the windows above the door. They're too harsh, in black.

Do you have photos of what it looked like before you painted it?

i like the black, but the middle part looks left out. you will have to do the trim, at least some of it, in black too. As for the siding part, maybe a medium gray,,,or do the white parts on the window in gray. the white is what's throwing everything.

and that cream siding doesn't belong there, regardless. not w/ that white.

paint the side lights too

or do everything in black like here, but put the eyebrows back to a soft off white

Sorry that you may have to go back and repeat your work, but I did giggle at your expense and your groucho marx house. I think all the paint colors should blend with the brick, except for your front door.

cpartist paintforum?

Yes, PAINT Forum

Here's a great article by Maria Killam, color expert, that should help:

Oh please. Everything is not based on her formulas.

senab----the same people that answer on this 'paint forum' answer here too. It's not like 'only the paint experts' hang over at the 'paint forum'. And actual paint experts are experts on, well, paint. not design and colors.

Looks like bad eyeliner. Definitely blend it in with color of house or remove.

Remove funny window accents.

or paint white.

or, paint same color as brick

(in that order).

Remove them they look like someone who painted their eyebrows black

As others have said, there are simply too many, disparate forms, shapes, colors, textures, details, and tomfoolery! The best strategy, IMO, is to look for ways to unite and blend together as many of these unrelated objects as possible. Reduce the amount of contrast, don't increase it.

Less is truly more. More is a bore!

Wondering if only first floor's arches could be there [and not upper floor's squared ones]...?