IMO a color scheme like this could help the overall appearance of the home.

Just yesterday I was scrolling through Houzz photos of exteriors with red windows and sometimes red window trim because our house has a wrapped set of red windows and we are repainting from its current red paint.

As I recall, a lot seemed to use your colors or similar.

And there were several attractive sages. I also like Patricia's off white.

Here's one that went brighter, with a cedar/gray scheme that I thought was pretty. And, of course, there's always red (this is SW Carriage Door):

Wow! So great house and landscape! I would go with light color, white/off-white.

Thought I would add the three photos I saved from my scrolling "red windows" yesterday. The first shows what I meant about a lot of earth tones being used with red windows; we have a farmhouse so are looking at whites:

What white are you painting? I was looking at shoji or alabaster. Inside of our house is modern farmhouse design. I could probably try a really light grey like repose grey. That’s what the inside of our house is painted.

@Christina Olson hi! Alabaster is supposed to be a lovely white. We had used SW White Duck on our front screen porch. It's more like Shoji and is a bit grayer than we want this time, so we've picked SW Westhighland White. It's pretty similar to Alabaster. With your gray roof, I think Shoji could be really pretty. (Our roof and fascia are black. )

I really like @Celery. Visualization, Rendering images ^^^. Your house and gardens are gorgeous.

What works about your current color is that it harmonizes with the expansive tan driveway you have, so that has to be factored in as well as the roof. A light golden taupe many shades lighter than what you have would give you a new look yet work with your driveway. Beverly's tan house is closest to that.

Our driveway isn’t taupe. It’s just wet.

@Celery. Visualization, Rendering images What color of white did you use for that image? My husband likes it

Ah. Then the color you have is pretty perfect!

Colors close to

1. Ice Cube SW or (a very light shade of green)

2. Calm BM ( a very light shade of yellow)

@Christina Olson, have you actually tried Shoji or Alabastercon the house? ( I ordered the sheets from Sampilize so I didn't have to fool with painting posterboard. ) Alabaster might lean too bright/warm.

Shoji, or White Duck (shown below)

or SW Oyster White (next photo) are all possibilities for a "softer" white, I think. Until you see them on your house in your light, you won't know.

I can't do what Celery does (wish I knew how), but maybe Celery would try this color out?

What looks gorgeous with red accents is B.M. Palladian Blue and it would be stunning with the roof, too.

I like Swiss coffee for the stucco

for a dark trim or accent color, maybe Urbane Bronze? (see photoshop pic of something lighter, below)

all of these combos have red as an accent color

Zurich White is nice. And Foggy Day is a great looking blue gray that looks so go w/red. your roof color too!

even looks good next to you stone. this would really lighten the look of the home.

If you want to have gray, I'd stay away from the taupe or warmer gray tones. your roof is a very blue gray, and the stone a silver or platinum gray.

here are some blue grays you could play around with

I have creamy, shoji white, oyster and natural choice on my list. I do not want a bright white. I will look into those other colors. Thanks! Our stucco color faded 2 shades and turned yellow on the garage side. I don’t want yellow undertones. I thought I had to do warm grey because of the warm red windows . I have no idea I could go to a blue undertone. I prefer blue lighter greys or warm whites. We had a new roof put on last summer and the garage and trusses stained again. The painter is power washing our house and then we will paint the stucco to figure out which color.

I also had urban bronze on my list for trim or gutters. If I decide on white should I paint the trim white too?

you have a very blue-gray roof.

I covered up the blue gray so you can see how the all of your current warmer tones now blend.

BTW, your yard is gorgeous. the landscaping and driveway work so well w/the windows. If you did a warmer toned roof, you could have used any of the yellowish, warmer paint colors.

But, I think once you get rid of this sandy beige stucco color and do some sort of white (with no yellow undertones!) you'll be amazed at the difference. the reds will pop. and the blue/gray accents will really enhance the appearance.

Since your roof and stone colors are cooler (don't worry about the red windows) I'd stick w/a white that has grayish or the slight cooler undertones.

Look at Nebulous White. See how it has the cooler undertone? and Granite Peak was one of the accent colors I posted earilier. perfect w/your roof.

Grab a sample of both of these^, and just try it on a portion to see how it looks.

i have a charcoal/gray tile roof. and slate stone accents (but in the darker tones) and I did these colors on my house.

Swiss Coffee is a beautiful white

And, grab a sample of this one:

I just used it in my living room. It looks white. (but when put against a white, you can tell it's gray. a silver gray) This color would match perfectly w/that slate rock accent trim you have.

this home has similar rock colors and a charcoal roof. look at Gray owl. looks white, but has the faintest gray tone. Calm will look similar, but lighter than this.

Now, compare that to Alabaster. See the diff in tone?

Here's Shoji White:

You could read some of the articles she has on whites, undertones, direction of light, etc:

https://www.kylieminteriors.ca/category/the-best-paint-colours/

Thank you for your help! I am glad I can try cooler colors. Do you think they will compliment the very dark brown garage and trusses? We aren’t going to paint those again. What do you think of painting the stucco on the roof a darker color like granite peak and the rest of the house a cool white color?

I agree with white for the main body of your house. The rendition that @Celery did looked amazing. @Beth H has given you some great options for whites. My kitchen is SW Creamy and it DOES read “yellow” at times. I wouldn’t use it if that is the problem with the current color you have. Move towards the cooler colors @Beth H recommended. Shoji white, and Alabaster seem less yellow. Any of the super soft grays, like Gray Owl, would also work with your red windows and doors. Ignore your garage doors. They will work with any of these whites.
Your house and garden are beautiful!

christina, yes, the dark stain will work w/the cooler gray tones.

you'll just have to get some samples. your lighting will be huge impact in how everything looks.

what I do to save money from getting all those samples from BM or SW, is go to HD and get them color matched in the $3 Behr samples. They won't be exact, but should be close enough for you to get an idea of how it looks. and if you like the color, then just use the Behr paint in that shade. I've used behr and DE on my exterior for years and it's held up great.

This is difficult! I still need pictures for morning.

1-snowbound, 2-nebulous white, 3-gray owl, 4-repose gray

Nebulous White looks blue. I like the wat it looks in the evening. During the day it looks stark white. Repose gray is the darkest. I see brown in it. Gray owl is lighter and a little but more cooler than repose gray. Snowbound is pretty white. I tend to like warmer whites. We tried alabaster and I didn’t like it.

You can see little squares inside the large squares in this picture because we limited it to 4 colors after looking at 6. He painted over it.

try giving this one a second coat. the tan is showing through.

on the front, w/the paint above the stone near garage door, I don't like 3 or 4

That side of the house is tricky. The colors look much different than the front. It’s also a busy road.

this one, I think I like 1. (far left) but when looking just at these in this spot, they all look very similar. Plus it's evening, so the light looks diff.

try again w/daylight.

did you ever try Zurich White?

any of these?

No I didn’t. We tried eider white and it looks pink. There is a shortage of paint so it’s been difficult to get samples.

I think I will get a sample of Zurich. I’m not sure I like the gutters bronze when against the roof.

I like #1 or #2

Every house looks different on the sides depending on the exposure. And night vs. day as well. Perhaps you can repaint those 4 vertical samples as @Beth H suggested. If the tan is affecting the colors, it’s hard to get a good read. I am liking #2 nebulous white for that sample the best. But monitors are never as good as being there in person.

can you paint larger, seperate swaths?

this direction, there's barely any difference.

this one you can tell the grays, but not sure which one I like, since they're on top of each other.

what do you prefer?

do you have a home depot near you? get the Behr samples pots. they're cheaper. they can color match SW or BM colors. won't be EXACT, but it will be close enough for you to decide.

and if you really like it, just use their paint.

I did send my husband to home depot. He got glidden instead of behr. Therefore, I picked up 2 more samples of behr yesterday. I like snowbound the best of the ones in previous pictures but still think it’s too bright white for me. I prefer more of a cozy off white. I feel like the roof is throwing me off. I tried BM seapearl and Swiss coffee today. I like Swiss coffee (right) because it’s not stark white but am not sure if the undertones compliment my roof. I know it goes with everything else. Seapearl (left) is an off white with grey undertones. I know it’s difficult for you to tell through pictures. There is an overcast. It’s raining today.

Swiss coffee on right. Seapearl on left.

I think either one looks good. both look fine w/the roof.

I did Swiss Coffee on my home (but I think it was Behr,,,) and it's a nice white.

That’s good to know. This is behr paint.

looks like this. (and yes, I need to do yardwork! been too hot)

Ooh. I like it. My husband likes it too.

I love how it turned out!

Love how it turned out!

so pretty! colors are perfect w/your roof

WOW. The house looks fabulous! It’s like a whole new house with that paint job.

Thank you! We thought it looked like a different house as well.

So great job! Thank you for sharing.

Christina, it turned out beautifully! Thanks so much for posting.

Are your windows and front door still red - I can't quite make out the color from your photos?

Thank you! Yes my windows and door are still red.

Do you happen to remember what your door color is? If our painter ever shows up to paint our house (also white), I'm thinking about a red door because of our red windows, and your color would be perfect. Thanks!

I don’t know the color. It’s just a bunch of numbers on the paint can. Your painter should be able to have paint made to match your windows. That’s what ours did. He had to do some touch ups.

Thanks, Christina.