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Help Us Pick Our Exterior Colors

2 years ago
last modified: 2 years ago

We're about to select new color siding for our home. Options are shown below (narrowed down). Please feel free to vote or comment. Thanks in advance!

White on White
Blue on Blue

Comments (11)

  • PRO
    2 years ago

    I never like blue with brick not sure why. I like the all white choice it allows a choice in door color down the road if you want . Awhole world of landscaping choices with some color for sure.IMO the tacked on brick does not make the exterior better . You could go the blue just not with the brick

  • 2 years ago
    last modified: 2 years ago

    I voted for white on white. Nice with just a touch of brick in the steps and chimney.

  • 2 years ago

    I voted white on white, it just looks so lovely on your home.


    Not sure where u live but in my area white houses have to be cleaned 2x a year to prevent yellow pollen build up in spring and greenish black moss/ mold build up in fall. I so much wanted a white house but after talking with some nearby folks with white houses I chose Navy. something to think about...

  • 2 years ago

    I like your white on white the best. My only fear... is will the white stay white? I feel like sometimes white over years turns yellow. But blue may stay blue longer than white staying white. I just saw a hardie board house a few weeks ago and it is a light gray 25 years old and looks as good as new.


  • PRO
    2 years ago

    If your home wasn’t designed with proper foundation for brick, that eliminates that option. I just read an article about how to make your house look expensive or beautiful. Off white and off white. Specifically, S.W. Alabaster. Beautiful. That’s what I would pick.

  • 2 years ago

    Thanks for all the initial feedback. We've removed the brick options and narrowed down to white or blue. Appreciate all the votes and comments.

  • 2 years ago

    Great options! try to see the colors in real life if you can - we were looking at a blue siding and I thought it was a dark blue based on online photos and it was actually quite bright in person -

  • 2 years ago

    Yes picking the right navy for your particular space/property/ exposure is very important. I spent a very long time over several months trialing different navy’s at all times of day/ dusk/dawn to find one that didn’t read black or dark gray or more horrifically go purple in bright sun. I loved BM Hale Navy and BM Deep Royal but Hale was just a tad too gray and Deep was a tad too bright. I mixed them both 50/50 to create my own custom color:
    “Hale Royale” and it is just perfect in all lighting situations and at all times of the year…(yes that is how long I have been working this) lol….
    and we are painting the James Hardy siding this color in a few days. I will post pics.

  • 2 years ago

    We had a house that we painted a blue color. We had huge trees and needed a blue that was not too dark and would work well with all the shades of brown around it. The leaves, brown gray trees and even green grass. We needed a blue that was lighter than a navy, had a bit more purple and gray in it to compensate for the background.


    Although my most favorite blue is Polo Blue by RL Benjamin Moore . We really like this blue


    This house was painted
















  • 2 years ago

    I realized we painted the shed BM "Hale Royale" last year... here it is in morning light with clouds





  • PRO
    2 years ago

    Both look good for me. Another option is to go with off-white to pop up white trim.