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Please help us choose a roof for NuCedar Worldly Gray!

3 years ago
last modified: 3 years ago

We are in the middle of a remodel and addition. Now it's time to choose a roof and I'm struggling! We are using Nucedar in Worldly Gray for our siding. The color is a warm gray and can lean gray or a little tan. I am concerned with choosing a roof that will make it appear more tan... and hope to keep it looking more gray. We have narrowed it down to 3. GAF Camelot II in either Antique Slate or Weathered Timber, or Certainteed Pro in Driftwood. I will attach pictures of our house drawing for reference and pictures of each roofing choice. The first roof picture is Landmark Driftwood... #2 is Camelot Antique Slate, and #3 is Camelot Weathered Timber. Shutters will be a very dark navy blue (almost black). What is your vote?? Thank you in advance!!










Comments (19)

  • PRO
    3 years ago

    I think many of the names for paint colors are too "Wordly".

  • 3 years ago

    The first two look like better fits, but I second PPF's comment that it would be best if you had a siding sample and roofing sample that you could look at next to each other - in daylight. Look at them in sun and shade and anything you can find in between.

    ocsummerhouse thanked kandrewspa
  • 3 years ago

    I like the last two. They seem to have the most variation in color which I think looks nice.


    I'm a DIYer who is residing my whole house in Nucedar worldly gray. I'd tell you from experience that it is definitely tan/beige when the light is hitting it directly. When you have indirect light, it changes to a cooler gray tone (which I prefer as well). I'm not sure if the roof will have much of an effect of cooling the gray tone down. Its all about the kind of sun light that you're getting, in my opinion. What side does the front of your house face? But my house is much smaller with less visible roof so maybe that's why I think of it that way. I'm attaching 2 photos of the shingles with the sun hitting them directly and one with the indirect sun. Maybe that will help you decide what tone they're gonna end up looking like.



  • PRO
    3 years ago

    Do you have brick on this house too? IMO no shutters and for sure not navy in this mix. Where is your architect is this I need to see pics of all the materials beinfg used on this house all together in this post .

  • 3 years ago

    bridgeguy47 What color is your roof?

  • 3 years ago

    Definitely compare siding and roof colors in person in daylight.

    It’s personal preference but shingles with pronounced color variegation can sometimes look busy when combined with stone or brick.

  • 2 years ago

    We are considering using Worldly Gray on our build. 2 questions: 1. where is your house? The closest one to me - sent by NuCedar rep - is a 5 hour drive!) and 2. do you have completed pictures? It has been challenging to find very many pictures of this color.


  • 2 years ago

    Hi Alison, I feel your pain! I had the hardest time choosing a color just by looking at pictures. We are in Maryland, near Ocean City- just over the state line near Delaware. Our project is a total home renovation and we’ve had LOTS of delays due to supply chain issues, permitting etc… We are still under construction, but the siding is pretty much complete. It’s important to see the Nucedar from different angles, and various times of the day as the color can look very different! I’m happy to send you pictures. Just message me your email and I will send you pictures and give my info if you want to see it in person.

  • 2 years ago
    last modified: 2 years ago

    ocsummerhouse I don't see how to private message you. (I haven't used Houzz a ton until recently but it appears you have to have your setting such that you accept private messages. when i click on your username i don't see the option to message you. ) I would definitely LOVE pictures.

  • last year

    Hi, we are also building a beach home but in the Outer Banks and we’re contemplating white or wordly gray. I’m not sure if you will see this but we’d love it if you could also share photos of your home with us. We’ve been stuck on this decision for some time and it’s maddening!

  • last year

    Wait until you have a good amount of siding done and the get 3' by 3' samples put on the roof to compare. My roofing company did that for me and it made all the difference.

  • last year

    They is such a great idea houssaon! I wish I had thought of it before we did the roof! The roof is done, but believe it or not, we are STILL under construction! Permits, delays in materials etc… it is taking much longer than expected. I know what a big decision siding can be so I’ll share some in progress pictures, in case it may help others. Please excuse the mess! 😅

  • last year

    We were also torn between Nucedar white and Wordly gray. I tried to catch the light at different times of the day and at different angles because it can look so different. Hope this helps!

  • last year

    Can you tell me what shingles you ended up using on your roof. We are planning on using Wordly Grey as well and I'm having a very hard time picking out a color for the roof. Your house looks beautiful!

  • last year

    Can you tell me what roof shingles you decided to go with? We are going with Wordly Gray as well and I'm struggling with picking a roof.

  • last year

    We used GAF Camelot II in Antique Slate.

  • PRO
    11 months ago

    Can you send a pic of your finished home from the front? We are doing a cape cod with a whole lot of roof and I'd love to see a pic of your roof paired with your siding. TY!

  • 14 days ago

    We're finally nearing completion and have some decent pics! It definitely looks very different depending on the time of