Do not paint your house black. One million plus house bring built on infill lot down the street from me- it has black siding and despite gorgeous stonework on part of front and real copper downspouts, siding on house gives distinct impression of house being covered in tarpaper.

Here's a pic of the house!

How much taller is your house than the houses on each side?

Hey Mark, the two next to me are smaller. The rest of them homes are equivalent to mine. The one to my left is getting square footage added later in the year

In my opinion, black will make it trendy and pretentious. Select color from the nature where the house sets and make it timeless.

The house will not look bland and boring. Most houses nowadays look too tarted up as if they're looking to be picked up. The saying less is more is true

Khaki, camel or hunter green. I would have picked navy blue but it looks like a neighbor beat you to it

Very late in the building process and too little information. The first step is to define the problem well; we need to know what you know.

Is thie photo of the front or the back of the house? Is there a garage?

What material and size is the siding? Post a photo of the siding? Will there be corner boards? What will the size of the window trim be?

What will the porch posts, guard rail amd stairs look like? Do you have an elevation drawing?

Take photos of all 4 corners and some of the neighborhood.

Your best chance for a modern appearance with a traditional roof was to adopt a "Minimal Traditional" style. Also, the siding height and treatment of the corners and window trim but if that can't be done paint these trim elements the same color as the siding.