I vote NO to painting brick. That is what makes your home interesting.

The brick is a major element on the front. The tan with brown trim is not particularly attractive or cohesive with the brick. I'd probably pick a slate blue with some of the trim elements (like the verticals to the left of the door) in a lighter shade of slate blue and the window trim in white.

Here's a house that might be close to the original coloring of yours. You can try for a paint color that's similar to the wood. We used a solid stain on a mid-mod cottage that desperately needed it, it was close to the original transparent stain. It looks a lot better than the sorry siding before, but not as good as I'd imagine the original transparent stain looked when new.

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This is a different color scheme than yours, but it's an interesting study in a neutral, a gray and a pop of color.

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I'd keep the brick and stain the siding a very dark gray for contrast.

The brick is the only interesting feature about the exterior. Please don't paint it. I like the trim color and am curious about painting the siding the color of the trim. Whatever paint you select, I would paint the siding and trim all the same color. The trim does not highlight intersting features of your home.

Do you want it to be quite visible, bright and cheerful when you drive up? Or do you want it dark, nearly invisible and mysterious? Or do you want it to be a statement with character?

IMO the brick stays as is and you choose a color for the siding that works with the brick. I think since this is a modern house I would prably do a dark gray ,or even the dark taupe of the windows

@apple_pie_order we are looking for more Kool and the Gang modern vibes. @Kendrah We are planning to reside as the siding is wood panels that are just too hard to maintain long term in our area where there is lots of shade and moisture. Keeping the brick, we have been looking at dark gray or gray blue tones. My wife's concern is how the back will look and if it is just too much darkness.

No to painting the brick.. It looks nice just the way it is. I like the siding, you already have, although, not fond of the color. I wouldnt replace it. I would just repaint it. It can be painted several times, for the cost of new siding, that you dont even need.

My house is 100 years old and the shingles are in good shape. I have a cabin in the woods, near a lake that has moisture problems, but not with the wood siding which has a solid stain. I don't know why you'd replace siding based on theoretical future problems, if none exist now. Judging by the style of that house, I'd guess it dates from the 70s, making the wood siding 50 years old. If it's doing fine, it will probably continue to do so. If it was going to fail, it would have probably already done so.

The original colour was probably a warm dark brown, which will look good with the warm brick. Gray will soon look dated.

It‘s a great place. Impressive.

I don’t think that painting the brick is going to ”unite the house”. Well... it might unite ”your” house... - but not the actual house structure, itself. The architectural details of the house are very interesting, and in this regard, the Star is clearly the existing brick.

If you really want authentic, old school, “Kool and the Gang vibes”... I think you need to embrace the brick. And btw, if you are hanging out with Kool and the Gang, you might also run into the Commodores (Brick House) - and believe me when I tell you they all pay homage to Jimi Hendrix (Red House). It would have been a really different era, if the song lyrics had been, ”She’s a white-washed brick house” or ”My Baby lives in a grey house over yonder.” Woulda been a different vibe. :)

So... the idea is (imho): The only way to really ”unite the house“ - would be to use colors that are complementary to the brick. Which people most often do not do because, a) they think that anything that even remotely resembles brick is ”dated” - which is false; and/or b) they think that slapping grey over everything is “Kool” - and it really is not; it rarely complements the brick - and also, at this point, the overuse of grey, in both interiors and exteriors, has almost become a caricature.

As suggested above by a few folks: I think that going in the direction of wood tones/brown tones/red tones for your siding, etc. - may help you to accomplish your goals; and might possibly give you a smashing looking house.

I wanted to find some visuals on the internet to demonstrate the concept. But I don’t have the energy right now to sort through a ton of stuff, after writing this long-winded comment. So instead, I put together a few visuals with AI, just to show the general idea.

Here is a 1970's house with definitive lines and coloring. The paint color contrast is excellent for showing off a house's architecture. Showy was part of Kool and the Gang's look.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/42353480@N02/4498067978

I don't know if gray will work based on the color of your windows. If you go as dark as the windows that does sound like it would be depressing on the back side. Try leaning more brown than gray, and use a color not quite as dark as the window frames. The brick looks a little pinkish in the first picture. If it looks that way IRL, keep the siding color leaning red and not blue or green (meaning a brown with a red undertone).