White exterior trim stealing the show on dark body?

5 years ago

Almost done repairing our house. We love the dark body (Benjamin Moore Stormy Sky) but once our trim color was partially painted (Benjamin Moore Chantilly Lace), we freaked out about how bright it is and contrasts the house color. It's suddenly a bit preppy and traditional vs our modern and minimalist aesthetic.

We also have a pretty strange and UNcontemporary house, especially the "wing" roof line and the "hat" that the trim makes on a quite visible face!

So we mixed in 5% of the body color with the white, tried it out on an unpainted portion of the trim and also mocked it up in Photoshop below (last photo, the rest are the very white color). But we're also not confident in that new color since it's 1) made up 2) a bit dull (although minimizing the trim seems like what we want?) and 3) a bit blue. So, are we making too much of it and keep the white, should we change to the 5%, or what color would you do for the trim?
Thanks!

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Peter Miller
Original Author
5 years ago
If anything, this process has told us that we need to use a color designer for the next project
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Legacy Roofing Northwest
5 years ago
Is your garage door silver? A light silver would be calm and subtle.

A core design principle is that bright colors draw the eye first, while dark colors recede. You could do a smoky navy (which would be nice with the brown roof), for something different. This is just a Photoshop eyedropper from the shadows on the house paint.
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Shoemaker
5 years ago
The show stealer is the humongous bush/tree in front. Also, Im sure you have this on your list, but plant some grass (sod) in front.
houssaon
5 years ago
I would do stormy sky on the fascia in a higher sheen.
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PPF.
5 years ago
Are you planning a new roof too?
Peter Miller
Original Author
5 years ago
Thanks for feedback. Can't change the roof color for another decade I suppose until it needs replacement. At that point seems like the roof's wings could be removed! Garage door is on order (this is photoshopped but same colors).

Light Grey / silver would probably have been better but lesson learnt as it seems too late now - would have to pay a whole extra day to repaint the section they already did.