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katietwin

Exterior Paint help.

6 years ago

I'm about to paint the whole house exterior which is largely overdue - it's super sun-faded, cracked, etc. Although I've always liked the colors, I've not been in love with them - I always wanted more contrast between the shutters/door and the siding, and wanted less "brown" overall. The current siding color is SW Warm Stone, with SW Brainstorm Bronze door/shutters. Trim (I think) is SW Alabaster or Snowbound. My feeling was that if I go one notch up to Mega Greige for the siding, I could safely go with an off-black for the shutters/door. The color I'm thinking for those is SW Iron Ore, but - my fear is it may not be enough "black" to deliver the contrast I was looking for. Can anyone weigh in? And is Mega Greige too light? My painter will only use SW paints. Mega Greige seems much lighter IRL than on the chip, and my hosue gets a lot of sun in the morning (facing East). I wanted to go more warm grayish than brownish, but - I don't want a very cool gray bc it would stick out like a sore thumb in our neighborhood (Indiana loves browns, and limestone)- and I can't help but think "brown" when I look at my current house color. Pics attached - One of the current house color from the front, one of the sample I painted in back with the sample shutter color, next to the current siding to see the diff.



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