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lisa_bastian25

What 2 exterior colors to update stucco Mediterranean home?

6 months ago
last modified: 6 months ago



NEED PAINT PAIRING IDEAS FOR overall paint color and accent color please. Should I keep same colors; go white with darker accents; or an off-white with white accents?.....Our two-story Mediterranean stucco home (top photo) with RED roof in Texas needs to be repainted. I don't recall exact colors back used 22 years ago when first painted, but using my SW swatch (see photo), I think both colors are similar to what's on the 203 Swatchcard, with main color close to QUOINA (SW 9102) and accent color of TRES NATURLE (SW 9191). Now the lighter tone is accenting windows, garage, door frame, etc. Would keep garage same color as home as I don't want to call attention to it.


If I went "White" for Mediterranean home colors I desperately need a pairing (from same paint family card). If I stay with WARM whites on SW color swatch deck, the only warm white primary choices I see for (lighest white-ish color on very top of each card) are: Paperwhite SW 7105, Roman Column SW 7562, Shell White (8917), Cotton White (SW 8917, and maybe Greek Villa SW 7551, which is a kind of greige I like. Then I'd need paired accent color. THEN I'd need to decide if the primary color would REALLY look best as the lighter accent, and the secondary color off the same swatch card should be the pimary.


I like the clean look of white home with accents (but not the grey-white tones), but I could be persuaded by a Mediterranean color expert to go more gray-white. DOOR: If I went lighter, woulld I keep same darker red door color that matches red tile roof; go red but a bit brighter, or get a NEW dark wood door?

THANK YOU to all you talented designers who live and breathe this stuff and know exactly what to do. I don't want to mess this up.


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