Help!! Need help w/ exterior paint & trim colors...strange brick color

10 years ago

We are replacing our press board siding with cement fiber board. Now I have to pick paint colors. I would like to go with white again for siding. I am struggling with the shade of white since the brick is red with a purplish note. I want to go really bold with the front and back doors and the shutters. I've tried purple samples and avocado/lime. Maybe I just didn't pick the right shade. All opinions except painting the brick are appreciated! Sorry the pictures aren't the greatest. The gold color is the primed cement fiber board.

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A Crew of Two

10 years ago

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What about a gray to make your colors pop and ground them a bit?

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bgfuqua
10 years ago
light tan and purple. you just need to bring home lots of purple chips.
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Katie Gooding
10 years ago
We had a similar color brick and I went with a dark navy color. I loved it, as it was different from all the black shutters in our neighborhood, but still a very traditional look. This is not the greatest picture, but it gives you an idea.
maventreehugger
9 years ago
I think you'd be better off with 2 cooler greens with a speck of gray in them as the trim
color and a satiny red/brown, just as dark as the brick red. A warm light gray as an accent would go nicely as well. Good luck!
maventreehugger
9 years ago
A Crew of two may have already shown the colors I'm thinking of...My monitor made the colors they showed look like Dark Gray, Medium Gray and Grass Green. I need to update my monitor! : )
sheilaskb
8 years ago
Have you considered painting the brick the same white as the siding? This would give you so many more choices for contrast/accent color.
havingfun
8 years ago
First, you should stay hard and fast with your no paint brick rule. Next, you must try this, but i believe the white you are looking for is called cottage white, by behr. I happened on it once, because it was recommended to my hubby. The paint expert was correct, because it actually contains lamp black it covers never every mark with a single coat. Second, It is amazing with pinks and reads. you will not see this just by looking at it, you will say i am crazy but if you paint a piece of old siding next to the brick you will be amazed. One more trick, if that should not work, and i think it will, add a bit of the red to the white. This too is supposed to work.